1.) Construct a truth table to determine whether the following sentence is contingent, a contradiction, or a tautology: (A & B) v (B -> A) ANSWER: 2.) Construct a truth table to determine whether the following two sentences are logically equivalent: C -> D D -> C ANSWER: 3.) Construct a truth table to determine whether the following two sentences are consistent: E v ~F F <-> ~E

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1.) Construct a truth table to determine whether the following sentence is contingent, a contradiction, or a tautology: (A & B) v (B -> A)

ANSWER:

2.) Construct a truth table to determine whether the following two sentences are logically equivalent:

C -> D

D -> C

ANSWER:

3.) Construct a truth table to determine whether the following two sentences are consistent:

E v ~F

F <-> ~E

ANSWER:

4.) Construct a truth table to determine whether the following sentence is contingent, a contradiction, or a tautology:

G -> ((G v H) & (I v G))

ANSWER:

5.) Construct a truth table to determine whether the following argument is valid:

J -> (K & L)

~(K & L)

∴ ~J & ~L

ANSWER:

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Tautology: If all the resultant values of a statement represented in a truth table are true, then the statement is considered as a tautology statement.

Example: (AB)(BA)

A B AB BA (AB)(BA)
F F T T T
F T T F T
T F F T T
T T T T T

 

Contradiction: If all the resultant values of a statement represented in a truth table are false, then the statement is considered as a contradiction statement.

Example:

A ~A A~A
F T F
T F F

Contingent: If a statement is neither contradiction nor ati=utology then it is considered as a contingent statement. It has both true and false values.

Example:

A B AB
F F F
F T T
T F T
T T T

 

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