INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct translation for each statement. Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. Not both Hertz runs a sale and Thrifty lays off workers if either Avis buys new cars or Budget lowers rates
A) (?H • ?T) ? (A ? B)
B) (A ? B) ? (?H • ?T)
C) ?(H • T) ? (A ? B)
D) (A ? B) ? ?(H • T)
E) (A • B) ? ?(H ? T)
D
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Translate the following English sentences into our symbolic language using any of the three truth functional operators (i.e., conjunction, negation, and disjunction). Use the constants at the end of each sentence to represent the atomic propositions they are obviously meant for. After you have translated the sentence, identify which truthfunctional connective is the main operator of the sentence. (Note: not every sentence requires parentheses; a sentence requires parentheses only if it contains more than two atomic propositions.)
1. Bob does not know how to fly an airplane or pilot a ship, but he does know how to ride a motorcycle. (A, S, M) 2. Tom does not know how to swim or how to ride a horse. (S, H) 3. Theresa writes poems, not novels. (P, N) 4. Bob does not like Sally or Felicia, but he does like Alice. (S, F, A) 5. Cricket is not widely played in the United States, but both football and baseball are. (C, F, B) 6. Tom and Linda are friends, but Tom and Susan aren’t—although Linda and Susan are. (T, S, L) 7. Lansing is east of Grand Rapids but west of Detroit. (E, W) 8. Either Tom or Linda brought David home after his surgery; but it wasn’t Steve. (T, L, S) 9. Next year, Steve will be living in either Boulder or Flagstaff, but not Phoenix or Denver. (B, F, P, D) 10.Henry VII of England was married to Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour, but he only executed Anne Boleyn. (A, J, E) 11.Henry VII of England executed either Anne Boleyn and Jane Boleyn or Thomas Cromwell and Thomas More. (A, J, C, M) 12.Children should be seen, but not heard. (S, H)
Men cannot be the victims of sexual harassment
a. True b. False
For the following, try to come up with an additional premise that will turn the passage into a deductively valid or an inductively strong argument. Usually this requires adding a general moral principle and, sometimes, an extra nonmoral claim as well. The idea is to guarantee that the "ought" claim follows from the "is" claim.Scotty's mother not only is getting too old to take care of herself but also is unable to pay for proper care in a nursing home. It seems to me that Scotty should either take her in or otherwise make sure she is taken care of properly.
What will be an ideal response?
Islam teaches a firm monotheism
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.