document.write( "Question 1190252: Topics In Contemporary Math\r
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document.write( "  B   W   ~W   B v W   ~W & (B v W)   ~W & (B v W) -> B\r\n" );
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document.write( "  T   T    F     T          F                   T\r\n" );
document.write( "  T   F    T     T          T                   T\r\n" );
document.write( "  F   T    F     T          F                   T\r\n" );
document.write( "  F   F    T     F          F                   T\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Last column: A conditional is false ONLY if the antecedent is true and the consequent is nevertheless false. Since B is true in the only case where not W and B or W is true, all of the cases are true in the last column.\r
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