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3.1 Statements and Quantifiers 3.2 Truth Tables
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A statement is a declarative sentence that is either true or false. Examples: Mr. Healey is my math teacher. It is sunny today in Narragansett. 2 + 8 = 10 The Patriots lost this past weekend.
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Paint the wall. Paul Pierce is better than Ray Allen.
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May be formed by combining two or more statements using logical connectives. And, or, not, if…then are examples of connectives.
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The negation of a true statement is false. The negation of a false statement is true.
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“Tom Jones has a red car.” The negation would be: “Tom Jones does not have a red car” “The sun is a star” The negation would be: “The sun is not a star.”
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ConnectiveSymbolType of statement AND Λ Conjunciton OR V Disjuction Negation ~
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Let p represent “It is 80 degrees today” and let q represent “It is Tuesday.” Write each symbolic statement in words. p V q ~p Λ q ~(p V q) ~(p Λ q)
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StatementNegation All do.Some do no. (Equivalently: Not all do.) Some do.None do. (Equivalently: All do not.)
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Truth tables give every outcome for specific compound statements. Today we will look at AND, OR, and the NEGATION truth tables.
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Example: I went to Florida and saw a Red Sox game. pq p Λ q TTT TFF FTF FFF
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I own a Nissan or I own a Ford. pqp V q TTT TFT FTT FFF
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p~p TF FT
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P103-105 1-14, 23-35odd, 43,4447,49,52, 57, 58, 59, 67-72. P115-116: 7-15
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