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Q3b.

The primary key is an attribute or combination of attributes that


uniquely identifies each row in a relation. For example, the primary key
for the relation Student is Student ID.
The candidate key is an attribute or combination of attributes that
uniquely identifies a row in a relation. For example:
Student ID

Name

Course

Major

The student ID will be the determinant in this relation and all other
attributes are dependent on Student ID. So the student ID is candidate
key and primary key in this case.

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