In this activity, you want to find a statement S so that ((AVB)^¬A) = S is a tautology. (a) Complete the column (A V B) ^ ¬A in the table. AB (AV B) ¬A TT TF S ((A V B) ^ ¬A) = S FT F F (b) In order for (A V B) ^ ¬A = S to be a tautology, it must always be true. What must the truth values of S be for this to happen? (Include all possibilities)

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1. In this activity, you want to find a statement S so that ((AVB)A¬A) =
S is a tautology.
(a) Complete the column (A V B) A ¬A in the table.
((AV B) A¬A) =→ S
А В (AV B) л -А
TT
TF
FT
F F
(b) In order for (AV B) A¬A= S to be a tautology, it must always
be true. What must the truth values of S be for this to happen?
(Include all possibilities)
(c) Write down two simple statements A and B. (They should be
statements whose truth value can be easily determined)
(d) Use your simple statements give an example, in ordinary language,
of (AV B) A¬A.
(e) Using your ordinary language statement of (A V B) ^ ¬A, what
might you conclude?
(f) What does this suggest S should be?
(g) Verify that your choice of S makes ((AVB)A¬A) = Sa tautology.
Transcribed Image Text:1. In this activity, you want to find a statement S so that ((AVB)A¬A) = S is a tautology. (a) Complete the column (A V B) A ¬A in the table. ((AV B) A¬A) =→ S А В (AV B) л -А TT TF FT F F (b) In order for (AV B) A¬A= S to be a tautology, it must always be true. What must the truth values of S be for this to happen? (Include all possibilities) (c) Write down two simple statements A and B. (They should be statements whose truth value can be easily determined) (d) Use your simple statements give an example, in ordinary language, of (AV B) A¬A. (e) Using your ordinary language statement of (A V B) ^ ¬A, what might you conclude? (f) What does this suggest S should be? (g) Verify that your choice of S makes ((AVB)A¬A) = Sa tautology.
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Consider the statement AB¬AS is a tautology , therefore it has true truth value. The statement pq is a conditional statement, its truth values are true always except when p is true and q is false.

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Consider the truth table for computation of truth values of AB¬A:

A B AB¬A S AB¬AS
T T F    
T F F    
F T T    
F F F    
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