course mth 151
If your solution to stated problem does not match the given solution, you should self-critique per instructions at
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Your solution, attempt at solution. If you are unable to attempt a solution, give a phrase-by-phrase interpretation of the problem along with a statement of what you do or do not understand about it. This response should be given, based on the work you did in completing the assignment, before you look at the given solution.
012. The common sense of logic.
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Question: **** `q001. Note that there are 4 questions in this assignment.
Suppose I tell you 'If it rains today, I'll give you $100.' Under which of the following circumstances can you claim that I was not telling the truth?
1. It rains and I give you $100.
2. It rains and I don't give you $100.
3. It doesn't rain and I give you $100.
4. I doesn't rain and I don't give you $100.
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Your solution:
Number two because if it rains and you don? give me $100 then you are not telling me the truth.
Confidence Assessment:
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Given Solution:
I said what would happen under a certain condition. In situation #2, that condition is fulfilled and what I said would happen doesn't happen. Therefore in situation #2 it is clear that I wasn't telling the truth.
In situation #3, the condition that I addressed isn't fulfilled so no matter what happens I can't be accused of not telling the truth. I said what would happen if rains. No matter what happens, if it doesn't rain what I said cannot be held against me.
It should be clear to anybody that situation #1 is exactly what you would expect, and that situation #4 is just would you would probably expect from my statement in the event that it doesn't rain, so nobody would say that this situation violates my claim to truthfulness.
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Question: **** `q002. Suppose that tell you 'It will rain today and I will give you $100'. Under which of the following circumstances can you claim that I was not telling the truth?
1. It rains and I give you $100.
2. It rains and I don't give you $100.
3. It doesn't rain and I give you $100.
4. I doesn't rain and I don't give you $100.
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Your solution:
Number 4 because it doesn? rain and you don? give me $100 so you were telling the truth in your statement.
Confidence Assessment:
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Given Solution:
It should be clear that situation #1 completely fulfills the conditions of my statement. Both of the things that I say will happen do happen.
In situation #2, it rains but you don't get the $100. I said two things were going to happen and one of them didn't. In that case you would have to say that I wasn't telling truth.
In situation #3, again one of the things I say is going to happen does but the other doesn't, so again you would have to say that I wasn't telling truth.
In situation #4, neither of the things I say will happen does and certainly it would have to be said that I wasn't telling truth.
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Self-critique (if necessary):
I chose only number 4 because both things are wrong that goes to show what I was always taught half truths are the same as lies.
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Question: **** `q003. Suppose that tell you 'It will rain today or I will give you $100, but not both'. Under which of the following circumstances can you claim that I was not telling the truth?
1. It rains and I give you $100.
2. It rains and I don't give you $100.
3. It doesn't rain and I give you $100.
4. I doesn't rain and I don't give you $100.
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Your solution:
Number 2 and Number 3 because rain or money did not come true.
Confidence Assessment:
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Given Solution:
In situations 2 and 3, one of the things happens and the other doesn't, so you would not be able to say that I wasn't telling the truth. However in situation 1, both things happen, which I said wouldn't be the case; and in situation 4 neither thing happens. In both of these situations you would have to say that I was not telling truth.
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Question: **** `q004. Suppose that tell you 'It will rain today or I will give you $100'. Under which of the following circumstances can you claim that I was not telling the truth?
1. It rains and I give you $100.
2. It rains and I don't give you $100.
3. It doesn't rain and I give you $100.
4. I doesn't rain and I don't give you $100.
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Your solution:
Number 2, 3, and 4 because either both things were fulfilled or just one were fulfilled.
Confidence Assessment:
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Given Solution:
At first this might seem to be the same as the preceding problem. But in the preceding problem we specifically said '... but not both.' In this case that qualification was not made. Therefore we have regard the statement as true as long as at least one of the conditions is fulfilled. This is certainly the case for situation 1: both conditions are true we can certainly say that at least one is true. So in situation #1 we have to regard the present statement as true. So situation #1 would not be included among those in which I could be accused of not telling the truth.
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