Directions: Read each question below. Select your answer by clicking on its button.

Feedback to your answer is provided in the RESULTS BOX. If you make a mistake, choose a different button.

1.

Given:

a: 11 is prime. b: 11 is odd.

Problem: Which of the following sentences represents (a b) ~b? If 11 is prime and 11 is odd, then 11 is not odd. If 11 is prime or 11 is not odd, then 11 is not odd. If 11 is prime or 11 is odd, then 11 is not odd. None of the above. RESULTS BOX:

2. If r and s are false statements, then what is the truth value of (~r s) s? True False Not enough information was given. None of the above. RESULTS BOX:

3. If x and y are true statements, then what is the truth value of (x y) ~y? True False Not enough information was given. None of the above.

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4. What are the truth values of this statement? (~x y) y {T, T, T, F} {T, T, T, T} {T, F, T, T} None of the above. RESULTS BOX:

5.

What are the truth values of this statement? ~p {T, F, T, F} {F, T, F, T} {T, T, F, F} None of the above. RESULTS BOX:

(p

~q)

Challenge Exercises: Symbolic Logic

Unit 9> Lesson 10 of 11

Directions: Read each question below. Create a truth table to help you answer each question. The answer choices provided correspond to the last column of the truth table for a given problem. Select your answer by clicking on its button. Feedback to your answer is provided in the RESULTS BOX. If you make a mistake, choose a different button.

1. What are the truth values for this statement? ~p q {T, F, F, F} {F, T, T, T} {F, F, T, F} None of the above. RESULTS BOX: 2. What are the truth values for this statement? p ~q {T, T, F, T} {F, F, T, F} {F, T, F, F} None of the above. RESULTS BOX: 3. What are the truth values for this statement? ~a b {F, T, T, F} {T, T, T, F} {T, F, T, T} None of the above. RESULTS BOX: 4. What are the truth values for this statement? a ~b {F, T, T, T} {T, F, T, F} {T, T, T, F} None of the above.

RESULTS BOX: 5. Choose the word or phrase that best completes this sentence: The statements in problems 3 and 4 are ____________. Logically equivalent Biconditional Tautologies None of the above. RESULTS BOX: 6. What are the truth values for this statement? ~q p {F, T, T, T} {T, F, T, F} {T, T, T, F} None of the above. RESULTS BOX: 7. Which statement below is logically equivalent to the statement in problem 6? p p p q q q

None of the above. RESULTS BOX: 8. What are the truth values for this statement? ~r ~(r s) {T, T, T, T} {F, F, F, F}

{T, T, T, F} None of the above. RESULTS BOX:

9. What are the truth values for this statement? (~q p) (p q) {F, T, T, T} {T, T, T, F} {T, T, T, T} None of the above. RESULTS BOX: 10. Choose the word or phrase that best completes this sentence: The statements given in problems 8 and 9 are _______. Conjunctions Tautologies Triconditionals None of the above. RESULTS BOX: