INSTRUCTIONS: Use an ordinary truth table to answer the following problems. Construct the truth table as per the instructions in the textbook. Given the pair of statements: (A ? B) • (? A ? ? B) and (B •

A) ? (? A • ? B).

These statements are:

A) Inconsistent.

B) Contradictory.

C) Invalid.

D) Logically equivalent.

E) Consistent.


B

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