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Prove that the following statement pattern is a tautology.

(p ∧ q) → q

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Solution

p q p ∧ q (p∧q)→q
T T T T
T F F T
F T F T
F F F T

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

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Chapter 1: Mathematical Logic - Exercise 1.6 [Page 16]

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