A Two-Part Question. -Given Four Instructions, How Many Unique Comparisons (Between Register Sources

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A two-part question.
-Given four instructions, how many unique comparisons (between register sources and destinations) are necessary to find all of the RAW, WAR, and WAW dependences. Answer for the case of four instructions, and then derive a general equation for N instructions. Assume that all instructions have one register destination and two register sources.

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