Hint for Section 1.1 Question 3

3. Since there are two statement variables, the truth table will have 4 rows. Start by filling in the four different combinations of truth values for p and q.

p q   p V q ~p   (p V q) L ~p
T T          
T F          
F T          
F F          

Now fill in columns 3 and 4, using the truth tables for V and ~.

p q   p V q ~p   (p V q) L ~p
T T   T F    
T F   T F    
F T   T T    
F F   F T    

To fill in the final column, think of (value in column 3) L (value in column 4), and use the truth table for L.  For example, the first row of the last column will be F since T L F is F.


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