Answer each question completely, including all lettered parts.
1. Which of these sentences are propositions? What are the
truth values of those that are propositions?
a) Miami is the capital of Florida.
b) 2 + 3 = 5.
c) 5 + 7 = 10.
d) x + 2 = 11.
e) Answer this question.
f) What time is it?
2. What is the negation of each of these propositions?
a) Mei has an MP3 player.
b) There is no pollution in New Jersey.
3. Let p and q be the propositions.
p: I bought a lottery ticket this week.
q: I won the million-dollar jackpot on Friday.
Express of each of these propositions as an English sentence:
a) ~p
b) p^q
c) p v q
d) (~p) ^ (~q)
4. Let p, q, and r be the propositions
p: You have the flu.
q: You miss the final examination.
r: You pass the course.
Express each of these propositions as an English sentence.
a) p → q
b) ~q ↔ r
c) q →~r
d) p ∨ q ∨ r