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Consider a relation scheme R = (A, B, C, D, E, H) on which the following functional dependencies hold: {A $\rightarrow$ B, BC $\rightarrow$ D, E $\rightarrow$ C, D $\rightarrow$ A}. What are the candidate keys R?

1. AE, BE
2. AE, BE, DE
3. AEH, BEH, BCH
4. AEH, BEH, DEH
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(d) AEH, BEH, DEH

using the given functional dependencies and looking at the dependent attributes, E and H are not dependent on any. So, they must be part of any candidate key. So, only option is D. If we see the FD's, adding A, B or D to EH do form candidate keys.
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### Answer :  OPTION D You can directly find the candidate key using two rules or you can say necessary attributes.  An Attribute A is said to be a necessary attribute if  (a)  A occurs only in L.H.S. (left hand side ) of the FD's(functional dependencies) in F  and/or (b)  A is an Attribute in relation, But A doses not occur either in L.H.S. or R.H.S. of any FD in F.  In other words, Necessary attributes never occur in the RHS of any FD in F.  Here we can directly see, both attribute E and H not occur in RHS of any FDs. So, both of are necessary part of a candidate key.

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