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Question 466133: I am a little confussed.
Construct a truth table for q -> ~p
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
q->~p
Start with this since the expression involves four things
p, q, ~q, and q->~p
| p | q | ~p | q->~p |
|---|---|----|-------|
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Under p write TTFF, under q list TFTF
| p | q | ~p | q->~p |
|---|---|----|-------|
| T | T | | |
| T | F | | |
| F | T | | |
| F | F | | |
The rule for ~
if there is a T in the box put an F
if there is an F in the box put a T
That is ~T becomes F and ~F becoms T.
Looking at the column under p we follow
that rule and get FFTT:
| p | q | ~p | q->~p |
|---|---|----|-------|
| T | T | F | |
| T | F | F | |
| F | T | T | |
| F | F | T | |
The rule for ->
if there is a T in the first box and an F
in the second box, the expression is F.
That is, if you see T->F the expression
becomes F, otherwise the expression is T.
So in any other case, the expression
is T. Looking at the column under q and ~p we
follow that rule and get FTTT
| p | q | ~p | q->~p |
|---|---|----|-------|
| T | T | F | F |
| T | F | F | T |
| F | T | T | T |
| F | F | T | T |
Notice that only F is in the first case because
it was the only case where q is T and ~p is F.
Edwin
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