MA 110-07
§1.1 – 1.3 Quiz #1 score
Name:
30 August 2001
1. State whether the following argument is Valid or Invalid and illustrate with a properly
labeled Venn diagram. (6 points)
1. All tennis players are good athletes.
2. Sue is a good athlete.
Therefore, Sue is a tennis player.
2. Using the symbolic representations
p: I take piano lessons;
q: I practice piano often;
r: I play the piano well.
(a) express the sentence “If I take piano lessons and if I practice the piano often, then I
will play the piano well.” (4 points)
(b) Express the symbolic expression in words: (∼p∧∼q) →∼r.(4 points)
3. Construct truth tables for the two statements p→(∼q) and ∼(p ∧q) and determine if
the two statements are logically equivalent. (6 points)
