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State whether the following statements are true or false. Justify. (i) For an arbitrary binary operation `*` on a set `N ," "a" "*" "a" "=" "a""""""AA""""""""a in N` . (ii) If `*` is a commutative binary operation on N, then `a" "*" "(b" "*" "c)"

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