Exercises 53–58 are based on the compound statement below.
The owner of a professional baseball team publishes an open letter to fans after another losing season. He claims that if attendance for the following season is over 2 million, then he will add $20 million to the payroll and the team will make the playoffs the following year.
57. If attendance is less than 2 million but the owner still raises the payroll by $20 million and the team makes the playoffs, is the owner’s claim true or false?
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