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Arguments and Euler Diagram
Arguments and Euler Diagram
Euler diagram
Used diagram to illustrate logic concepts. Some 100 years later John Venn
extended to use of Euler Diagram to illustrate many types of mathematician.
Many puzzle can solve by making an assumption and then checking to see if the
assumption is supported by the condition premises associated by the puzzle. For
instance consider the following addition problem in which each better represent a
digit from 0 through 9 and different letters represent different digits.
TA
+BT
TEE
Note that T in TEE is a carry from the middle column. Because the of any two
single digit plus a carry at most 1 is 19 or less the T in TEE must be a 1 replacing
all Ts wit 1s produces.
1A
+B1
1EE
Note B must be an 8 or 9 because these are the only digits that could produce a
carry into in the leftmost column.
case 1: assume B is a 9. Then A must be an 8 or smaller and A+1 does not produce
a carry into the middle column. The sum of the digit in the middle column is 10
thus E is 0. This present a dilemma because the unit digit of A+1 must also be a 0
which require A to be a 9. The assumptions that B is a not supported by the
conditions of the problem thus we reject the assumptions that B is a 9.
Case 2: assume B is an 8. To produce the required carry into the leftmost column
there must be a carry from the column on the right. Thus A must be a 9 and we
have the result shown below.
19
+81
100