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Which statement is true regarding regular languages and cfgs?

a. all regular languages are also context-free languages
b. no regular languages are context-free languages
c. regular languages are more powerful than context-free languages
d. context-free languages can be parsed using regular expressions

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Final answer:

The statement that is true regarding regular languages and context-free grammars (CFGs) is that context-free languages can be parsed using regular expressions.

Step-by-step explanation:

A regular language can be described by a regular expression and can be recognized by a finite state machine, while a context-free language can be described by a CFG and can be recognized by a pushdown automaton. It is not true that all regular languages are also context-free languages (option a) because there are regular languages that cannot be expressed by CFGs. Also, regular languages are not more powerful than context-free languages (option c) because context-free languages are capable of describing more complex structures.

Hence, the statement that is true regarding regular languages and context-free grammars (CFGs) is d. context-free languages can be parsed using regular expressions.

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