SOLUTION: Topics In Contemporary Math
Arguments
Use truth tables to determine if each of the following arguments are valid or invalid.
1) Ted will get a Big Mac or a Whopper with c
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Use truth tables to determine if each of the following arguments are valid or invalid.
1) Ted will get a Big Mac or a Whopper with c
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Question 1190252: Topics In Contemporary Math
Arguments
Use truth tables to determine if each of the following arguments are valid or invalid.
1) Ted will get a Big Mac or a Whopper with cheese.
Ted did not get a Whopper with cheese.
Therefore, Ted got a Big Mac.
B W ~W B v W ~W & (B v W) ~W & (B v W) -> B
T T F T F T
T F T T T T
F T F T F T
F F T F F T
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.
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B = Ted will get a Big Mac
W = Ted will get a Whopper with cheese
~W = Ted will not get a Whopper with cheese
Premise 1: B v W
Premise 2: ~W
Conclusion: B
Truth Table
Premise 1
Premise 2
Conclusion
B
W
B v W
~W
B
T
T
T
F
T
T
F
T
T
T
F
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
T
F
Notes:
B v W is only false when both B and W are false; otherwise, its true.
The first and last column are identical copies of each other
The ~W column is the flipped version of the W column
Now look through the table and see if there are any situations where we have all true premises which lead to a false conclusion. No such thing happens.
Row two has all true premises, and those true premises lead to a true conclusion.
We ignore any rows with at least one false premise.
Since we couldn't find any rows that had all true premises leading to a false conclusion, this means that the argument is valid
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