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Truth Tables. Objectives. Construct a truth table for a given symbolic expression. Determine if two given statements are equivalent using truth tables. Use De Morgan’s Laws to write a statement equivalent to a given statement. Vocabulary. truth table equivalent expressions
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Objectives • Construct a truth table for a given symbolic expression. • Determine if two given statements are equivalent using truth tables. • Use De Morgan’s Laws to write a statement equivalent to a given statement.
Vocabulary • truth table • equivalent expressions • De Morgan’s Laws
Negation F T
Conjunction T F F F
Disjunction T T T F
Conditional T F T T
Construct a truth table for: F T T T
Construct a truth table for the following statement: If the lyrics are not controversial, then the performance is not banned. p: The lyrics are controversial. q: The performance is banned
Construct a truth table for the following statement: The country singer is in trouble if he is elected. If he is elected, then the country singer is in trouble. p: The country singer is elected. The country singer is in trouble. q:
Construct a truth table for the following statement: If he does not go to jail, he is innocent or has an alibi. p: He goes to jail. He is innocent. q: He has an alibi. r:
Construct truth tables to determine whether the following statements are equivalent. • The streets are wet or it is not raining. • If it is raining, then the streets are wet.