(b) Given the following argument: " The football game will be cancelled only If it rains " "it rained, therefore the football game was cancelled" Assume p means " it rains" whereas q means "football game cancelled" i. Translate this argument to a symbolic form. ii. Construct the truth table. iii. Determine if this argument is a valid argument or not. [6]

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(b) Given the following argument:
" The football game will be cancelled only If it rains "
"it rained, therefore the football game was cancelled"
Assume p means "it rains" whereas q means "football game cancelled"
i. Translate this argument to a symbolic form.
ii. Construct the truth table.
iii. Determine if this argument is a valid argument or not.
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Transcribed Image Text:(b) Given the following argument: " The football game will be cancelled only If it rains " "it rained, therefore the football game was cancelled" Assume p means "it rains" whereas q means "football game cancelled" i. Translate this argument to a symbolic form. ii. Construct the truth table. iii. Determine if this argument is a valid argument or not. [6]
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