Q3) the following automata is a NFA and not a DFA. Why? Convert it to DFA. a b 1 2 a 3

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Q3) the following automata is a NFA and not a DFA. Why? Convert it to DFA.
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State 0 has multiple transitions for a single input symbol. So, this can't be DFA.

The transition table for NFA is as follows

State On a On b
0 0,1 0,2
1 - 3
2 3 -
3 - -

Let's see how we can convert from NFA to DFA

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