Answer to Question #152001 in Discrete Mathematics for shaimaa

Question

. Let p and q be the propositions ”Swimming at the Sarıyer shore is allowed” and ”Sharks have been spotted near the shore”, respectively.
Express each of these compound propositions as an English sentence.
(a) ¬p ∨ q
(b) p ⇒ ¬q
(c) p ⇔ ¬q

Answer 1

(a) Swimming at the Sanyer shore is not allowed or Sharks has been spotted near the shore.

(b) If swimming at the Sanyer shore is allowed, then Sharks has not been spotted near the shore.

(c) Swimming at the Sanyer shore is allowed if and only if Sharks has not been spotted near the shore.