SOLUTION: p: The house is owned by an engineer q: The heat is solar generated r: The car is run by electric power Translate the statement into symbols, then construct a truth table and

Question 568352: p: The house is owned by an engineer
q: The heat is solar generated
r: The car is run by electric power
Translate the statement into symbols, then construct a truth table and determine under what conditions the compound statement is true.
The house is owned by an engineer and the heat is solar generated, or the car is run by electric power.
I've gotten the first two columns down for the table
p q
1 t t
2 t t
3 t f
4 t f
5 f t
6 f t
7 f f
8 f f
Not sure how to continue or to label.

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p: The house is owned by an engineer
q: The heat is solar generated
r: The car is run by electric power
Translate the statement into symbols, then construct a truth table and determine under what conditions the compound statement is true.
The house is owned by an engineer and the heat is solar generated, or the car is run by electric power.
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p AND q OR r
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I've gotten the first two columns down for the table
..p q r
1 t t t
2 t t f
3 t f t
4 t f f
5 f t t
6 f t f
7 f f t
8 f f f
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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