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Question
Using the truth table prove the following logical equivalence.
p → (q ∧ r) ≡ (p → q) ∧ (p → r)
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Solution
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| p | q | r | q ∧ r | p → (q ∧ r) | p → q | p → r | (p → q) ∧ (p → r) |
| T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T |
| T | T | F | F | F | T | F | F |
| T | F | T | F | F | F | T | F |
| T | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| F | T | T | T | T | T | T | T |
| F | T | F | F | T | T | T | T |
| F | F | T | F | T | T | T | T |
| F | F | F | F | T | T | T | T |
The entries in columns 5 and 8 are identical.
∴ p → (q ∧ r) ≡ (p → q) ∧ (p → r)
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