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Communications

Chapter 1.1 Simple and Compound Statements

 

2. (a) True Statement, (b) Statement, but its truth value depends on the day of the week the statement was made, (c) Not a Statement, (d) True Statement, (e) False Statement, (f) Not a Statement.

6. (a) p ^ q ^ r, (b) ~p ^ (q v r), (c) ~(p ^ q), (d) p v ~p, (e) p v ~q.

10. (a) Statement, (b) Not a Statement, (c) Not a Statement, (d) Statement.

14. (a) F, (b) T, (c) F, (d) F, (e) T, (f) T.

18. They have the same truth values under the same truth conditions; hence, the two statements are logically equivalent.

22. (a) It is not the case that July 14th is Bastille day.

22. (b) It is not the case that the Mississippi is a river.

22. (c) It is not the case that July 14th is Bastille day and it is not the case that the Mississippi is a river.

22. (d) It is not the case that either July 14th is Bastille day or the Mississippi is a river.

22. (e) It is not the case that July 14th is Bastille day or it is not the case that the Mississippi is a river.

22. (f) It is not the case that either July 14th is Bastille day and the Mississippi is a river.

26. This is an extra credit problem, if your instructor assigns it as such.

 

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