Reah Mea Prado

11 - St. Matthew
GENMATH 11

Activity #1

x: Dioxins are found almost everywhere.

y: Plastics, bleached paper, and most commodities contain the chemical dioxin.
z: Dioxins are a culprit to many diseases.

● Translate the following to symbols and vice versa.

1. ( → ) ↔~y
Ans. If dioxins are found almost everywhere, then dioxins are a culprit to many diseases if
and only if plastics, bleached paper, and most commodities contain the chemical dioxin.

2. (~) → (~ ∧ ~)
Ans. If plastics, bleached paper, and most commodities doesn’t contain the chemical dioxin,
then it is not the case that dioxins are found almost everywhere nor are they culprit to
many diseases.

3. “If dioxins are a culprit to many diseases, then they are found almost everywhere and plastics,
bleached paper, and most commodities contain this chemical.”
Ans. z → ( x ∧ y )

4. “Dioxins are not found almost everywhere and it is not true that plastics, bleached paper, and
most commodities contain the chemical dioxin if and only if dioxins are not the culprit to many
diseases.”
Ans. ~ (x ∧y )↔ ~z
Activity #2
● Construct a truth table for the following statements.

1. (~p → q) ↔ (p ˅ q)

p q ~p ~p → q pvq (~p → q) ↔
(p ˅ q)
T T F T T T
T F F T T T
F T T T T T
F F T F F T

2. ~q → ~(p ˄ ~q)

p q ~q p ^ ~q ~(p ^ ~q) ~q → ~(p ˄

~q)
T T F F T T
T F T T F F
F T F F T T
F F T F T T