1. Given the following, can you prove the unicorn is mythical? How about Magi- cal? and Horned? (adapted from Barwise and Etchemendy (1993)).

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1. Given the following, can you prove the unicorn is mythical? How about Magi-
cal? and Horned? (adapted from Barwise and Etchemendy (1993)).
if the unicorn is mythical, then it is immortal, but if it is not mythical,
then it is a mortal mammal. If the unicorn is either immortal or a
mammal, then it is horned. The unicorn is magical if it is horned.
2. Which of the following are correct?
(a) False E True
(b) (A A B) E (A + B)
(c) A + BEAVB
(d) A + BE¬AV B
(e) (A V B) ^ (¬A V B) is satisfiable
Transcribed Image Text:1. Given the following, can you prove the unicorn is mythical? How about Magi- cal? and Horned? (adapted from Barwise and Etchemendy (1993)). if the unicorn is mythical, then it is immortal, but if it is not mythical, then it is a mortal mammal. If the unicorn is either immortal or a mammal, then it is horned. The unicorn is magical if it is horned. 2. Which of the following are correct? (a) False E True (b) (A A B) E (A + B) (c) A + BEAVB (d) A + BE¬AV B (e) (A V B) ^ (¬A V B) is satisfiable
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