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document.write( "I am having a lot of trouble with word problem questions. \r\n" );
document.write( "If someone could help me that would be great. If you could \r\n" );
document.write( "show your work so that I can understand how you got the \r\n" );
document.write( "answer would be apprectiated. Thanks so much! \r\n" );
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document.write( "1.  (4pts) Let p, q, and r be the following statements: \r\n" );
document.write( "	p: Roses are red\r\n" );
document.write( "	q: The sky is blue\r\n" );
document.write( "	r:  The grass is green \r\n" );
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document.write( "Translate the following statements into English \r\n" );
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document.write( "(a) p /\ q\r\n" );
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document.write( "The symbol /\ means \"AND\", so you write statement p, then \"AND\", the\r\n" );
document.write( "statement q:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Roses are red AND the sky is blue\r\n" );
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document.write( "(b) p /\ (q \/ r) \r\n" );
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document.write( "The symbol /\ means \"AND\", and the symbol \/ means \"OR\",\r\n" );
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document.write( "Roses are red AND (the sky is blue OR the grass is green) \r\n" );
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document.write( "(c) q -> (p /\ r)\r\n" );
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document.write( "The symbol -> means to put the word \"IF\" in front of the first statement\r\n" );
document.write( "and \"THEN\" in front of the second:\r\n" );
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document.write( "IF q THEN (p /\ r)\r\n" );
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document.write( "IF roses are red, THEN (the sky is blue OR the grass is green)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(d) (~r /\ ~q) -> ~p \r\n" );
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document.write( "The ~ means NOT, so\r\n" );
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document.write( "(NOT r AND NOT q) ->  NOT p\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then for the -> we put IF in front of the first and\r\n" );
document.write( "THEN in front of the second:\r\n" );
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document.write( "IF (NOT r AND NOT q) THEN  NOT p\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we can substitute for the letters:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"NOT r\" can be written \"The grass is NOT green\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"NOT q\" can be written \"The sky is NOT blue\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"NOT p\" can be written \"Roses are NOT red\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "IF (the grass is NOT green AND the sky is NOT blue) THEN roses are NOT red.\r\n" );
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