1. Let S = {a, b, c), and let be the binary operation on S defined by the following table: 98 ★ a b C a b c с са baa ab b (a) Compute (b* (aa)) * (b*c). (b) Determine whether (S.) is a semigroun h 5 Algebraic Foundations: Groups B 284 D A

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