Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Problem Solving Approach To Mathematics For Elementary School Teachers 12th Edition Billstein Solutions Manual
Problem Solving Approach To Mathematics For Elementary School Teachers 12th Edition Billstein Solutions Manual
https://testbankfan.com/download/problem-solving-approach-to-mathematics-for-elem
entary-school-teachers-12th-edition-billstein-solutions-manual/
CHAPTER 2
Assessment 2-1A: Reasoning and Logic: An 5. (a) If n = 4, or n = 5, then n < 6 and n > 3,
Introduction so the statement is true, since it can be shown
to work for some natural numbers n. .
1. (a) False statement. A statement is a sentence
that is either true or false, but not both. (b) If n = 10, then n > 0; or if n = 1, then
n < 5, so the statement is true.
(b) False statement.
6. (a) p ~ p ~(~ p)
(c) Not a statement. T F T
F T F
(d) True statement.
2. (a) There exists at least one natural number n (b) p ~p p~ p p~ p
such that n + 8 = 11. T F T F
F T T F
(b) There exists at least one natural number n
such that n 2 = 4.
(c) Yes. The truth table entries are the same.
(c) For all natural numbers n, n + 3 = 3 + n.
(d) No. The truth table entries are not the same.
(d) ~ q. q is not true. Since the truth values for ~ p ~ q are not
the same as for ~( p q), the statements are
9. (a) False. The statement is a conjunction. The not logically equivalent.
two parts could be stated as such: p is the
statement 2 + 3 = 5 and q is the statement (b)
4 + 7 = 10 . In this situation, p is true, but p q ~ p ~q p q ~( p q) ~ p ~ q
q is false. In order for a conjunction to be
T T F F T F F
true, both p and q must be true; otherwise,
T F F T F T F
the conjunction is false.
F T T F F T F
(b) True. This statement is false, since Barack F F T T F T T
Obama was president in 2013.
Since the truth values for ~( p q) are not
(c) False. The United States Supreme Court the same as for ~ p ~ q, the statements are
currently has nine justices. not logically equivalent.
(d) True. The only triangles that have three sides 12. Dr. No is a male spy. He is not poor, and he is not
of the same length are equilateral triangles. In tall.
every case, an equilateral triangle will have
two sides the same length as well.
13. If p = “it is raining” and q = “the grass is wet”:
(e) False. Isosceles triangles have two sides equal
in length, but the third side is not equal to the (a) p q. (b) ~ p q.
other two.
(c) p ~ q.
10. (a) By DeMorgan’s Laws, the negation of p q
is ~ p ~ q . Therefore, the answer is (d) p q. The hypothesis is “it is raining;” the
2 + 3 ¹ 5 or 4 + 7 ¹ 10 . conclusion is “the grass is wet.”
2246
2248