Exercise 1.6 (1)

1. Prepare truth tables for the following statement patterns.
i) p → (∼ p ∨ q)
Ans: 

p

q

~p

~P ∨ q

p → (∼ p ∨ q)

T

T

F

T

T

T

F

F

F

F

F

T

T

T

T

F

F

T

T

T

ii) (∼ p ∨ q) ∧ (∼ p ∨ ∼ q)
Ans: 

p

q

~ p

~ q

∼ p ∨ q

∼ p ∨ ∼ q

(∼ p ∨ q) ∧ (∼ p ∨ ∼ q)

T

T

F

F

T

F

F

T

F

F

T

F

T

F

F

T

T

F

T

T

T

F

F

T

T

T

T

T


iii) (p ∧ r) → (p ∨ ∼ q)
Ans: 

p

q

r

~q

p ∧ r

p ∨ ∼ q

(p ∧ r) → (p ∨ ∼ q)

T

T

T

F

T

T

T

T

T

F

F

F

T

T

T

F

T

T

T

T

T

T

F

F

T

F

T

T

F

T

T

F

F

F

T

F

T

F

F

F

F

T

F

F

T

T

F

T

T

F

F

F

T

F

T

T


iv) (p ∧ q) ∨ ∼ r
Ans: 

p

q

r

~ r

p ∧ q

(p ∧ q) ∨ ∼ r

T

T

T

F

T

T

T

T

F

T

T

T

T

F

T

F

F

F

T

F

F

T

F

T

F

T

T

F

F

F

F

T

F

T

F

T

F

F

T

F

F

F

F

F

F

T

F

T