Tutorial 1

QUESTION 1
Determine whether each of these sentences is proposition. If YES, write in its negation:
a) 8 – 3 = 5. (YES)

 8–3≠5
b) Answer all questions. (NO)
c) This statement is not true. (YES)

 This statement is true

QUESTION 2

State whether the following statement is simple or compound statement.

(There are two types of statement: simple and complex, or compound. A simple statement

is one that does not contain another statement as a component. ... A compound
statement contains at least one simple statement as a component, along with a logical operator,
or connectives.)

a) Today is raining but windy.

 Compound statement (ada but)

b) Aisyah likes wearing blouse bought by her sister.

 Simple statement

QUESTION 3
Let p, q and r be the propositions
p: Today is Friday.
q: It is raining.
r: It is hot.

Represent each of these propositions using p, q, r and logical connectives.

a) Today is Friday but it is raining.

 p^q

b) Either today is Friday or it is raining, but it is not hot if it is raining.

 (p ⱽ q) ^ (q → ⌐r)

c) It is not the case that today is Friday or it is raining if and only if it is hot.
 ⌐(p ⱽ q) ↔ r
QUESTION 4
Consider this statement

You get promoted whenever you are elected as senior staff.

Write the following statement in the form of inverse, converse and contrapositive.

 Inverse
 You do not get promoted whenever you are not elected as senior staff.
 Converse
 You are elected as senior staff whenever you get promoted
 Contrapositive
 You are not elected as senior staff whenever you do not get promoted

QUESTION 5
Let p, q and r be the propositions
p: You have registered for the course.
q: You miss the deadline to submit application.
r: You are allowed to sit for exam.

Express each of these propositions as an English sentence.

a) (¬p → ¬ r) v (q → ¬ r)
 Either if you have not registered for the course or miss the deadline to submit the application, then
you are not allowed to sit for exam

b) (¬p v q) → ¬r
 Either if you have not registered for the course or miss the deadline to submit the application, then
you are not allowed to sit for exam
(i)

P: it rains
Q: we are not going to Aminah's house.

Converse:
If we are not going to Aminah's house, then it rains.

Inverse:
if it is not raining, then we are going to Aminah's house

contrapositive:
If we are going to aminah's house, then it is not raining

(ii)
P: Amirah comes
Q: we will go to the birthday party

Converse: If we go to the birthday party, then Amirah comes

Inverse: If Amirah does not come, then we will not go to the birthday party

contrapositive: If we do not go to the birthday party, then Amirah does not come

(iii)
P = they study consistently
Q = Students can perform excellently in examination

Converse = If students can perform excellently in examination, then they study consistently

Inverse = If students do not study consistently, then they cannot perform excellently in examination

Contrapositive = If students cannot perform excellently in examination, then they do not study
consistently.

(iv)
P = Sarah wants to win the contest
Q = Sarah has to complete the challenge

Converse = If Sarah has to complete the challenge, then she wants to win the contest

Inverse = If Sarah does not want to win the contest, then she does not have to complete the
challenge

Contrapositive = If Sarah does not have to complete the challenge, then she does not want to win
the contest.