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Two persons X and Y have been asked to show that a certain problem p is NP-complete. X shows a polynomial time reduction from the 3-SAT problem to p and Y shows a polynomial time reduction from p to 3-SAT. From these reduction it can be inferred that

A. P is NP-complete
B. P is NP-hard but not NP-complete
C. P is in NP but not NP-complete
D. P is neither NP-hard nor in NP
Answer» B. P is NP-hard but not NP-complete


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