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A machine is represented by states Q, input alphabet Σ, transition function δ. Initial state q0 and final state F. The machine accepts all the strings over Σ = {a, b}, which start and ended with any combination of all alphabet and abb works /lies as substring in all the strings to be accepted.

For the above specified passage, which of the following represent the grammar for the language accepted the machine?

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S→AabbA, A→aA|bA|ε

The language is \((a+b)^{*}abb(a+b)^{*}\). A grammar for it needs one nonterminal that generates \((a+b)^{*}\) (any string of a and b, including the empty string), placed on both sides of the terminal word abb.

Step 1 — A → aA | bA | ε generates every string over {a, b}: each step appends a or b, and ε stops the derivation.

Step 2 — S → AabbA then yields (any string) abb (any string), which is exactly the required language. For example S ⇒ AabbA ⇒ babbA ⇒ babba.

The grammar S → AabbB with A → aA | ε and B → bB | ε gives only amabbbn, so it cannot derive babb. The grammar S → abbA forces every string to start with abb and cannot derive aabb. The grammar S → Aabb forces every string to end with abb and cannot derive abba.

S→AabbA, A→aA|bA|ε option is correct.

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