Examine the following table and decide how to make it conform to the rule of the 2nd Normal Form:

The business has 30 stores in MD and DC. Order_IDs (Primary Key) are generated uniquely and sequentially across the 30 stores. For example, an Order_ID value of '000011' is unique across all stores and customers.

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Examine the following table and decide how to make it conform to the rule of the 2nd Normal Form:

The business has 30 stores in MD and DC. Order_IDs (Primary Key) are generated uniquely and sequentially across the 30 stores. For example, an Order_ID value of '000011' is unique across all stores and customers.

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To evaluate how to bring the RECEIPT table into 2NF, we first restate what the table contains and what 2NF requires. The RECEIPT table shows Order_ID (PK), Customer_ID, Store_ID, Store_location, Date, Paid. The potential issue is a transitive dependency: Store_location is dependent on Store_ID, but Store_ID is not part of the primary key, so a non-key attribute (Store_location) depends on another non-key via Store_ID.

Option A: Delete the attribute 'Store_ID'. By removing Store_ID you erase the link to the store entity and lose the normalization opportunity. This does not resolve the underlying transitive dependency, and it would degrade data integrity by removing a necessary foreign key reference.

Option B: Nothing, it's already in 2NF. This claim is unlikely because the presence of Store_location depending on Store_ID introduces a transitive dependency (Store_location depends on Store_ID, which is not a key attribute itself). Therefore, the table is not in 2NF as written.

Option C: Move the attributes 'Customer_ID' and 'Store_ID' to create a bridging entity. A bridging (junction) table is typically used to model many-to-many relationships. Here, Customer_ID and Store_ID are already foreign keys; creating a separate bridge for them would be unnecessary unless there’s a many-to-many relationship between customers and stores in receipts. This approach adds complexity without clearly addressing the transitive dependency involving Store_location.

Option D: Move the attributes 'Store_ID' and 'Store_location' to a new table, STORE, and create a relationship between the RECEIPT table and the STORE table. This option directly decomposes the store-related data: STORE would hold Store_ID and Store_location, removing Store_location from RECEIPT. RECEIPT would then reference STORE via Store_ID. This eliminates the transitive dependency because Store_location is now stored in a separate entity that Store_ID uniquely identifies, aligning with 2NF rules.

In summary, the core issue is the transitive dependency of Store_location on Store_ID within RECEIPT. Creating a separate STORE table for Store_ID and Store_location and linking RECEIPT to STORE cleanly removes this dependency, satisfying 2NF. The other options either discard essential data, misapply normalization concepts, or fail to address the dependency structure appropriately.

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