Understanding Sum of product and complete sum of product

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I have a pair of problems, the first two of my homework, and I'm already unclear on how finding SOP and CSOP for them work. The first:

E=xy(1+z)y'

It seems like this just reduces to 0, since 1+z is 1, and y * 1 is y, which is 0 due to y*y'. x*0 would result in 0. I don't know at what point I'm supposed to derive the SOP and CSOP from these.

The other problem I have is:

E=(x+y')(x+y)

When I factor this out, I get:

xx+xy+xy'+yy'

=x+xy+xy'+0

=x+(x*y)+xy'

=x+xy'

=x+(x*y')

=x

Once again, I don't know where I should be deriving the SOP and CSOP. Please help?