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Exercise 2.5 (Solutions)

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Textbook of Algebra and Trigonometry for Class XI

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J Question # 1
The corresponding formula of logic is
~ ( p q) = ~ p ~ q
p

~p

~q

p q

~ ( p q)

~ p ~ q

The last two columns of the above table shows that ~ ( p q ) = ~ p ~ q

and hence ( A B) = A B .
H Question # 2
The corresponding formula of logic is
( p q) r = p (q r )
p
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F

q
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F

r
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F

pq

qr

( p q) r

T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F

T
T
T
F
T
T
T
F

T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F

p (q r )
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F

The last two columns of the above table shows that ( p q ) r = p ( q r )

and hence ( A B) C = A ( B C ) .
D Question # 3
The corresponding formula of logic is
( p q) r = p (q r )
p
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F

q
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F

r
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F

pq

qr

( p q) r

T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F

T
F
F
F
T
F
F
F

T
F
F
F
F
F
F
F

p (q r )
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
F

The last two columns of the above table shows that ( p q ) r = p ( q r )

and hence ( A B) C = A ( B C ) .

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B Question # 4

A ( B C ) = ( A B) ( A C )

The corresponding formula of logic is

p (q r ) = ( p q) ( p r )
p
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F

q
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F

r qr
T
T
F
F
T
F
F
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
F
F

pq

pr

p (q r )

( p q) ( p r )

T
T
T
T
T
T
F
F

T
T
T
T
T
F
T
F

T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F

T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F

The last two columns of the above table shows that p (q r ) = ( p q ) ( p r )

and hence A ( B C ) = ( A B) ( A C ) .

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