Chapter 6, Problem 7E

Explanation of Solution

Assign arbitrary number from 1 to 5 to each attributes present in the column:

Number	Color	Nationality	Candy	Drink	Pet
1	Red	English	Hershey Bar	Orange juice	Dog
2	Green	Spanish	KitKat	Tea	Fox
3	Ivory	Norwegian	Smarties	Coffee	Snails
4	Yellow	Ukranian	Snickers	Milk	Horse
5	Blue	Japanese	Milky Way	Water	Zebra

• The above table assigns each row as values and the columns as attributes. The entries indicate the value of specific attribute.
• The encoded format is given below,

Number	Color	Nationality	Candy	Drink	Pet
1	A	A	D	G	B
2	C	B	E	H	D±1
3	C-1	1	F	C	F
4	E	H	G	3	E±1
5	2	J	J	W	Z

From the above deduction, G,H,C cannot be 1...