GENERAL MATHEMATICS

WORKSHEET NO. 9
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A. Let p be “He is tall and dark.” and let q be “He is handsome.”. Write the following symbolism
in ordinary English sentence.

1. p  q

2. p  q

3. p  q

4. ~ p  ~ q

5. q  p

6. ~ p  q

7. ~ ( p  q )

8. ~ q  ~ p

9. ~ (~ p )

10. (~ p  q)  q

B. Let p be “Jezzelyn is beautiful.” and let q be “Jezzelyn is poor.”. Write each statement in
symbolic form using p and q.

11. Jezzelyn is neither beautiful nor poor.

12. Jezzelyn is rich and she is beautiful.

13. Jezzelyn is beautiful but rich.

14. Jezzelyn is ugly but rich.

15. Jezzelyn Jezzelyn cannot be both beautiful a

16. Jezzelyn is either ugy or rich.

17. If Jezzelyn is ugly, then she is poor..

18. If Jezzelyn is not rich, then she is not ugly.

19. Jezzelyn is rich if and only if she is not ugly.

20. Jezzelyn is ugly only if she is rich.