Exam 2: The Logic of Compound Statements
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Which of the following is a negation for "Jim has grown or Joan has shrunk."
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Write the form of the following argument. Is the argument valid or invalid? Justify your answer.
If Ann has the flu, then Ann has a fever.
Ann has a fever.
Therefore, Ann has the flu.
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The argument has the form
Therefore ,
which is invalid; it exhibits the converse error.
Write the converse, inverse, and contrapositive of "If Al is Tom's cousin, then Jim is Tom's grandfather."
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Consider the following circuit.
(a) Find the output of the circuit corresponding to the input P = 1, Q = 0, and R = 1.
(b) Write the Boolean expression corresponding to the circuit.

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Write the converse, inverse, and contrapositive of "If Ann is Jan's mother, then Jose is Jan's cousin."
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Write a negation for each of the following statements:
(a) The variable S is undeclared and the data are out of order.
(b) The variable S is undeclared or the data are out of order.
(c) If Al was with Bob on the first, then Al is innocent.
(d) (where x is a particular real number)
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Are the following statement forms logically equivalent: and Include a truth table and a few words explaining how the truth table supports your answer.
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Rewrite the following statement in if-then form without using the word "necessary": Getting an answer of 10 for problem 16 is a necessary condition for solving problem 16 correctly.
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Write the form of the following argument. Is the argument valid or invalid? Justify your answer.
If 54,587 is a prime number, then 17 is not a divisor of 54,587.
17 is a divisor of 54,587.
Therefore, 54,587 is not a prime number.
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State precisely (but concisely) what it means for two statement forms to be logically equivalent.
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State precisely (but concisely) what it means for a form of argument to be valid.
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Write the following two statements in symbolic form and determine whether they are logically equivalent. Include a truth table and a few words explaining how the truth table supports your answer.
If Sam bought it at Crown Books, then Sam didn't pay full price.
Sam bought it at Crown Books or Sam paid full price.
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Write the converse, inverse, and contrapositive of "If Ed is Sue's father, then Liu is Sue's cousin."
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Consider the argument form:
Therefore .
Use the truth table below to determine whether this argument form is valid or invalid. Annotate the table (as appropriate) and include a few words explaining how the truth table supports your answer.

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On the island of knights and knaves, you meet three natives, A, B, and C, who address you as follows:
A: At least one of us is a knave.
B: At most two of us are knaves.
What are A, B, and C?
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Determine whether the following argument is valid or invalid. Include a truth table and a few words explaining why the truth table shows validity or invalidity.
If 12 divides 709,438 then 3 divides 709,438.
If the sum of the digits of 709,438 is divisible by 9 then 3 divides 709,438.
The sum of the digits of 709,438 is not divisible by 9.
Therefore, 12 does not divide 709,438.
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