English

Prove that the following statement pattern is a tautology. (p → q) ↔ (~ q → ~ p) - Mathematics and Statistics

Advertisements
Advertisements

Question

Prove that the following statement pattern is a tautology.

(p → q) ↔ (~ q → ~ p)

Sum
Advertisements

Solution

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

All the truth values in the last column are T. Hence, it is a tautology.

shaalaa.com
  Is there an error in this question or solution?
Chapter 1: Mathematical Logic - Exercise 1.6 [Page 16]

APPEARS IN

Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×