Hint for Section 1.2 Question 2

2. There are two statement variables so the truth table will have 4 rows. Start by filling in the four possible combinations of truth values for p and q.

p q   ~p q L ~p   p implies.jpg (563 bytes) (q L ~p)
T T          
T F          
F T          
F F          

Now use the truth values in column 1 and the definition of ~ to fill in column 3.

p q   ~p q L ~p   p implies.jpg (563 bytes) (q L ~p)
T T   F      
T F   F      
F T   T      
F F   T      

Now use columns 2 and 3, and the definition of  L  to fill in column 4.

p q   ~p q L ~p   p implies.jpg (563 bytes) (q L ~p)
T T   F F    
T F   F F    
F T   T T    
F F   T F    

Finally, use columns 1 and 4, and the definition of  implies.jpg (563 bytes)  to fill in the final column.

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