Logic Thinking Assignment # 4

Please read the following instructions:

1. Please provide a complete solution.
2. Please provide all rough work done to solve the questions.
3. Plagiarism or Cheating is not allowed. There is no need to
explain again that cheating will result in zero marks in your
assignment.
4. Please submit soft copy of your assignment on Microsoft
Teams.
5. Please submit only one Word document
Total marks: 50 (10 for each question)

Submission Date: January 8, 2021

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Roll #: ___________________________________ Date: ________________________

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Question 1: We have covered 10 fallacies. Use your favourite Internet search engine to find 3 new
logical fallacies that are not covered in class and explain each in your own words with an example.

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Question 2: We have covered many paradoxes in class. Use your favourite Internet search engine to find
3 new paradoxes that are not covered in class and explain each in your own words with an example.

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Question 3: Make a truth table to check the validity of the following arguments:

1. If I had a nickel for every logic problem I have solved, then I would be rich. I have not received a
nickel for every logic problem I have solved. Therefore, I am not rich.

2. He attended Stanford or Yale. He did not attend Yale. Therefore, he attended Stanford.
Question 4: , Construct a truth table for the given logical expressions. Also make a circuit for each
expression.
Question 5: Please write a negation statement for each of the following statements:

Original Statement Negation

Some cats do not have claws.

Some dogs are not friendly.

All cars run on gasoline.

Every item is on sale.

No irrational number can be written as a

terminating decimal.

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