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LUNA GOCO COLLEGES, INC.

Lalud, Calapan City Or. Mindoro 5200

GE 3 – Mathematics in the Modern World


PROBLEM SET #4

GENERAL INSTRUCTION:
1. Use yellow paper for your handwritten answers and solutions. Ensure your name, course, and section are clearly
written on each sheet you submit. TYPEWRITTEN ANSWERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
2. Write your solutions clearly and neatly. Illegible answers may not be graded.
3. If you have any questions or need clarification on any part of the problem set, please contact me via email at
kayserianneureka@gmail.com.

For items 1 – 5:
Write each sentence in symbolic form. Represent each simple statement in the sentence with the letter
indicated in the parentheses. Also state whether the sentence is a conjunction, a disjunction, a negation, a
conditional, or a biconditional.
1) I went to the post office (p) and the bookstore (s).
2) A triangle is an equilateral triangle (l) if and only if it is an equiangular triangle (a).
3) A number is an even number (e) if and only if it has a factor of 2 (t).
4) Polynomials that have exactly three terms (p) are called trinomials (t).
5) I will major in mathematics (m) or computer science (c).

For items 6 – 10:


Write each symbolic statement in words. Use p, q, r, s, t, and u as defined below.
p: The tour goes to Italy.
q: The tour goes to Spain.
r: We go to Venice.
s: We go to Florence.
t: The hotel fees are included.
u: The meals are not included.

6) p Ʌ ~q
7) r → ~s
8) p→r
9) s ↔ ~r
10) ~t Ʌ u

For items 11 – 15:


Write each sentence in symbolic form. Use p, q, r, and s as defined below.
p: Stephen Curry is a football player.
q: Stephen Curry is a basketball player.
r: Stephen Curry is a rock star.
s: Stephen Curry plays for the Warriors.

11) Stephen Curry is a football player or a basketball player, and he is not a rock star.
12) Stephen Curry is a rock star, and he is not a basketball player or a football player.
13) If Stephen Curry is a basketball player and a rock star, then he is not a football player.
14) Stephen Curry is a basketball player, if and only if he is not a football player and he is not a rock star.
15) It is not true that, Stephen Curry is a football player or a rock star.

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For items 16 – 20:
Determine the truth value of the compound statement given that p is a false statement, q is a true statement,
and r is a true statement.
16) (p Ʌ ~q) ꓦ [(p Ʌ ~q) ꓦ r]
17) [(p Ʌ ~q) ꓦ ~r] Ʌ (q Ʌ r)
18) (~p Ʌ q) Ʌ [(p Ʌ ~q) ꓦ r]
19) [(p Ʌ q) Ʌ r] ꓦ [p ꓦ (q Ʌ ~)]
20) {[(~p Ʌ q) Ʌ r] ꓦ [(p Ʌ q) Ʌ ~r]} ꓦ [p Ʌ (q Ʌ r)]

For items 21 – 25:


Use two truth tables to show that each of the statements are equivalent.
21) p Ʌ (q ꓦ r); (p Ʌ q) ꓦ (p Ʌ r)
22) p ꓦ (q Ʌ r); (p ꓦ q) Ʌ (p ꓦ r)
23) p ꓦ (q Ʌ ~p); p ꓦ q
24) ~ [p ꓦ (q Ʌ r)]; ~p Ʌ (~q ꓦ ~r)
25) [(p Ʌ q) Ʌ r] ꓦ [p Ʌ (q Ʌ ~r)]; p Ʌ q

For items 26 – 30:


Use one of De Morgan's laws to write the given statement in an equivalent form.
26) I did not pass the test and I did not complete the course.
27) She did not visit France and she did not visit Italy.
28) It is not true that, I bought a new car and I moved to Florida.
29) It is not true that, she received a promotion or that she received a raise.
30) It is not the case that, the students cut classes or took part in the demonstration.

For items 31 – 35:


Use a truth table to determine whether the given statement is a tautology, a self-contradiction, or neither.
31) ~ [p ꓦ (~p ꓦ q)]
32) (p Ʌ q) ꓦ (~p ꓦ ~q)
33) (~p ꓦ q) ꓦ (~q ꓦ r)
34) [p Ʌ (~p ꓦ q)] ꓦ q
35) ~ [p Ʌ (~p V q)] V q

For items 36 – 40:


Determine the truth value of the given conditional statement. Provide a counterexample if there is any.
36) If x is an even integer, then x² is an even integer.
37) If x is a prime number, then x + 2 is a prime number
38) If 4 < 3, then 7 = 8.
39) If x < 2, then x + 5 < 7.
40) If |x| = 6, then x = 6.

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For items 41 – 43:
Write each conditional statement in its equivalent disjunctive form.
41) If she could sing, she would be perfect for the part.
42) If he does not get frustrated, he will be able to complete the job.
43) If the fog does not lift, our flight will be cancelled.

For items 44 – 45:


Write the negation of each conditional statement in its equivalent conjunctive form.
44) If pigs had wings, pigs could fly.
45) If Paul could play better defense, he could be a professional basketball player.

For items 46 – 48:


State whether the given biconditional is true or false. Assume that x and y are real numbers. Provide a
counterexample if there is any.
46) x2 = 9 if and only if x = 3
47) x is a positive number if and only if x > 0
48) Today is March 1 if and only if yesterday was February 28.

For items 49 – 50:


Construct a truth table for each statement to determine if the statements are equivalent.
49) p → q; ~q → ~p
50) p → (q ꓦ r); (p → q) ꓦ (p → r)

For items 51 – 55:


Use the indicated letters to write each argument in symbolic form.
51) If you can read this bumper sticker (r), you're too close (c). You can read the bumper sticker.
Therefore, you're too close.
52) If Lois Lane marries Clark Kent (m), then Superman will get a new uniform (u). Superman does not
get a new uniform. Therefore, Lois Lane did not marry Clark Kent.
53) If the price of gold rises (g), the stock market will fall (s). The price of gold did not rise. Therefore, the
stock market did not fall.
54) I am going shopping (s) or I am going to the museum (m). I went to the museum. Therefore, I did not
go shopping.
55) If we search the Internet (s), we will find information on logic (i). We searched the Internet. Therefore,
we found information on logic.

For items 56 – 60:


Identify the logical fallacy being used for each of the following statements.
56) The mayor's proposal for reducing traffic will fail because he's a terrible person who doesn't care
about our city.
57) You can either agree to the new policy or face immediate job loss.
58) I met two people from that neighborhood who were rude, so everyone there must be unfriendly.
59) You can't prove that aliens don't exist, so they must be real.
60) Everyone is investing in cryptocurrency, so it’s clearly the best way to grow your money.

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