Wondering why the following boolean expression seem to have 2 possible simplification? Are these two both correct ? Thank you very much !
How online tutorial solves it:

How I simplify it
Wondering why the following boolean expression seem to have 2 possible simplification? Are these two both correct ? Thank you very much !
How online tutorial solves it:

How I simplify it
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When you use a Karnaugh map you will see that they are the same. See the following Karnaugh map for this boolean expression, almost completely matched with circles:
The blue circle matches the expression
BC, the red circle matches the expressionB'C'. The remaining cell atAB'Cstill needs a circle. There are three ways to create a circle, which matches this cell:In this solution, the cell
AB'Cis matched by a circle with only one cell. However this is not the biggest circle possible in this Karnaugh map. The circles chosen in a Karnaugh map are picked to be the biggest circle possible (according to the Karnaugh map rules).The "real" other solutions are:
The green circle in this solution matches
AC. The remaining third solution is this one:The green circle in this solution matches
AB'.This means that all these three boolean expressions are equal:
BC + B'C' + AB'C(can still be more simplified, shows what happens when too small circles are choose in Karnaugh maps)BC + B'C' + AC(your solution)BC + B'C' + AB'(solution from the video)