document.write( "Question 88948: Let p represent a true statement, while q and r represent false statements. Fing the truth value of the compound statement.\r
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document.write( "(T^~F) ^ F            Plug in the given truth values\r\n" );
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document.write( "(T^T) ^ F             Negate false (F) to get true (T)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(T) ^ F               Use a truth table to evaluate T^T to get T\r\n" );
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document.write( "F                     Use a truth table to evaluate T^F to get F\r\n" );
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document.write( "~(F v ~F)             Plug in the given truth values\r\n" );
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document.write( "~(F v T)              Negate false (F) to get true (T)\r\n" );
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document.write( "~(T)                  Use a truth table to evaluate F v T to get T\r\n" );
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document.write( "F                     Negate true (T) to get false (F) \r\n" );
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