ACTIVITIES/ASSESSMENT:

A. Tell if the following statements are propositions or not.

1. Study hard! not a proposition

2. The Apple Macintosh is a 16-bit computer. proposition

3. 1 is an even number. proposition

4. Why are we here? not a proposition

5. 8 + 7 = 13. Proposition

B. p is “x < 50”, q is “x > 40”. Write the following in words.

1. ∼p = x is not less than fifty.

2. ∼q = x is not greater than forty.

3. p ∧ q = x is less than fifty and x is greater than forty.

4. p ∨ q = x is less than fifty or x is greater than forty.

5. ∼p ∧ q = x is not less than fifty and x is greater than forty.

6. ∼p ∧∼q = x is not less than fifty and x is not greater than 40.

C. Construct a truth table for the following:.

1. P ∧ (Q ∨ R) 2. (P ∧ Q) ∨ R

P Q R Q∨R P∧(Q∨R) P Q R (P∧Q (P∧Q)∨R

T T T T T )
T T F F F T T T T T
T F T F F T T F T T
T F F F F T F T F T
F T T T F T F F F F
F T F F F F T T F T
F F T F F F T F F F
F F F F F F F T F T
F F F F F
3. (P ∧ ∼Q) ∨ ∼P
P Q
T T
T T
T F
T F
F T
F T
F F
F F
4. P → (Q ∨ ∼R)
P Q
T T
T T
T F
T F
F T
F T
F F
F F
5. ∼ [(∼P → Q) ∨ (P → R)]
P Q R ~P (∼P → Q)
T T T F
T T F F
T F T F
T F F F
F T T T
F T F T
F F T T
F F F T
~Q ~P (P∧~Q) (P∧~Q) ∨~P
F F T T
F F F F
T F T T
T F T T
F T F T
F T F T
T T F T
T T F T
R ~R (Q ∨ ∼R) P → (Q ∨ ∼R)
T F T T
F T T T
T F F F
F T T T
T F T T
F T T T
T F F T
F T T T
(P → R) (∼P → Q)∨ (P → R) ∼ [(∼P → Q) ∨ (P → R)]
T T T F
T F T F
T T T F
T F T F
T T T F
T T T F
F T T F
F T T F