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create a truth table as shown below:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the truth table for A or (B and C) is identical to the truth table of (A or B) and (A or C).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "that makes them equivalent.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A or B is only false if A and B are both false.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A and B is only true if A and B are both true.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "first set up the truth tables for A, B, and C.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then set up the truth table for B and C.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then set up the truth table for A or (B and C)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then set up the truth table for A or B\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then set up the truth table for A or C\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then set up the truth table for (A or B) and (A or C)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then look at the truth table for A or (B and C) and the truth table for (A or B) and (A or C)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if they's the same, it means that A or (B and C) is equivalent to (A or B) and (A or C).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the symbols for or and and are a pain on the typewriter, which is why i just use or for OR and and for AND.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "i probably should have capitalized them, but didn't, and don't really have time to go back and fix that.\r
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