#$&* course MTH 151 04/07/2014 at 1:19 If your solution to stated problem does not match the given solution, you should self-critique per instructions at
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Given Solution: `a**The question asks for the truth values of p and q that would make the statement ~(p^q) false. If ~(p^q) is false then p^q is true, which means that both p and q must be true.** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating: ********************************************* Question: `q3.2.18 p false q true ~[(~p^~q) U ~q] YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: Parentheses first: (~p^~q) is false because q is false. Next, ~q is false. So, (~p^~q)U~q is false. (since both parts are false. FF=F) The negation ~[(~p^~q)U~q] would be true. confidence rating #$&*: 2. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a**~p ^ ~q is false because ~q is false. One false is fatal to a conjunction. ~q is false so both parts of the disjunction [(~p^~q) U ~q] are false. Thus [(~p^~q) U ~q] is false. The negation ~[(~p^~q) U ~q] of this statement is therefore true.** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating: ********************************************* Question: `q3.2.36 p: 15<8 q: 9 not > 5 r: 18 <= 18 evaluate -(p U -q) U -r YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: ~(pU~q); parentheses first: p is false and ~q is true, so the statement is true. The disjunction will be false. Next, ~r is false. So, ~(pU~q)U~r is false. (FF=F) confidence rating #$&*: 2. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** p and q are both false statements, while r is a true statement. It follows that p U ~q is true: since ~q is true the disjunction is true. It therefore follows that ~(p U ~q) is false. Since r is true, ~r is false. Thus ~(p U ~q) U ~r is a disjunction of two false statements, ~(p U ~q) and ~r. A disjunction of two false statements is false. So the statement is false. ** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating: ********************************************* Question: `q (formerly 3.2.42) This wasn't assigned, but you should be able to answer based on your responses to similar assigned questions. {}{}How many rows are there in a statement involving p,q,r,s,u,v,m,n? Note that rows go across the page. For example a statement involving just p and q will have four rows, one each for TT, TF, FT and FF. The headings (i.e., p, q and whatever other statements are necessary to evaluate the truth table) might also be considered a row, but for this problem do not consider the headings to be a row. YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: There are six statements so there will be 64 possible truth values. (2^6=64) confidence rating #$&*: ???????? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** If you just have two statements p and q, then there are four possible truth values: TT, TF, FT and FF. If you have three statements p, q and r then there are eight possible truth values: TTT, TTF, TFT, TFF, and FTT, FTF, FFT, FFF. Note that the number of possible truth values doubles every time you add a statement. The number of truth values for 2 statements is 4, which is 2^2. For 3 statements this doubles to 8, which is 2^3. Every added statement doubles the number, which adds a power to 2. From this we see that the number of possible truth values for n statements is 2^n. For the 8 statements listed for this problem, there are therefore 2^8 =256 possible truth values. ** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): I came up with 6 statements listed; p, q, r, s, t, ~p to get 64 possibilities. My answer did not match the given solution, could you please explain why???????? ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating: *********************************************
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Given Solution: `a** For column headings p q ~p ~q ~p^~q ~p U q (~p^~q) U (~p Uq) the first row would start off T T, for p and for q. Then F F for ~p and ~q. Then F for ~p ^ ~q, then T for ~p V q, then T for the final column. So the first row would be T T F F F T T. The second row would be T F F T F F F The third row would be F T T F F T T and the fourth row would be F F T T T T T ** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating: ********************************************* Question: `q3.2.68 (formerly 3.2.66) This wasn't assigned but is similar to other assigned problems so you should be able to solve it: Negate the following statement using De Morgan's Law: ' F.C. tried to sell the wine but was unable to do so'. YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: Fellman Chutz did not try to sell the wine, but was able to do so. confidence rating #$&*: 3. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** We use two ideas here. The first is that 'but' is interpreted as 'and'; and the second is that the negation of an 'and' statement is an 'or' statement. deMorgan's Laws say that the negation of p OR q is ~p AND ~q, while the negation of p AND q is ~p OR ~q. The given statement ' F.C. tried to sell the book but was unable to do so' can be symbolized as 'p ^ q'. Its negation would be ~(p ^ q) = ~p U ~q. We translate this as 'F.C. didn't try to sell the book or he sold it', or something equivalent. ** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Self-critique (if necessary): ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique Rating: ********************************************* Question: `q3.2.81 is the statement 3 + 1 = 6 xor 2 + 5 = 7 true or false? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: 3+1=6 is false. 2+5=7 is true. Xor means that either the first or the second statement is true, but not both. Since the first is false and the second is true, this makes this statement true. confidence rating #$&*: 3. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** For an XOR statement exactly one part has to be true. The statement is true because the second part is true and the first is false. We need exactly one true statement; if both parts were true the XOR wouldn't be. ** " Self-critique (if necessary): ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique rating: ********************************************* Question: `q3.2.81 is the statement 3 + 1 = 6 xor 2 + 5 = 7 true or false? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your solution: 3+1=6 is false. 2+5=7 is true. Xor means that either the first or the second statement is true, but not both. Since the first is false and the second is true, this makes this statement true. confidence rating #$&*: 3. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: `a** For an XOR statement exactly one part has to be true. The statement is true because the second part is true and the first is false. We need exactly one true statement; if both parts were true the XOR wouldn't be. ** " Self-critique (if necessary): ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique rating: #*&!