MATH 211 Exam 2, Spring 2008
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT 3
Math 211- Spring 2007 ; Drop Quiz.2, section 1, March 8, 2007
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_ Question 1: Let p be the proposition: . :
{ 'Z “There is a student in this class who has taken every mathematics course offered at this schoo!”
a) Express Pp using quantifiers and predicate: Lis AL Qhvclouts Vn tig clare .
Co AL weet courtes: &, aot Luin aches
: PCa ay \ Stuctsnt a. thas tal cw rd. 4
x Yq PG«.y\
b)_ Express the negation of p using quantifiers and predicate, and so that the negation symbol immediately
precede the predicate: (axV¢4 PCw <B) Ndaco7 (v4. is
c) Express the negation of p in English: For eve Stuclank i kbs CQouas there
+s @ quathemebcs course Rak dlls atuckuk las not taken.
ay
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\~ Question 2: Rewrite the following statement so that negations appear only within predicates (that is, so that no
negation is outside a quantifier or an expression involving logical connectives): ;
aVxdy (P(x, y) ASzR(x,y,2)) = eT 34( )
= Boe ¥4 “(Pld nagReap ) Y)
Sax van Pac) v (33 Rcmesst)) vy,
= Bx Vy (1 Peed Vo YR WREcud) Ve
Question 3: Express each of these statements into logical expressions using predicates, quantifiers and logical
connectives if necessary: :
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a) Every user has access to exactly one mailbox: ; Li. all usecs .
4 MO ath wcatl owed "
Plum) + fuser a Las acess tp willow m
Yu tam (2e.m9 An (nti i> 1BGus))
\.b) There is a student in this class who has been in every room of at least one building on campus:
D atl students in tte Jaw
Br all boildinge oa cam pos Aa. Ab ¥ ~ (Ql) > P(4,%))
Rynoall wooms Son Cann pid
Pls, v)s Shudeab 's has lain to room U
QOS: aor ua din lout (ae'ng bes
\. ¢). Some student in this class grew up in the same town with exactly one other student in this class:
SKM ghydadts oon tu clan oo
G Gey) © studaata 2 aud qu vp wo Te Ree toon.
J tae) A VR (Gl=a) v GCy,d> &=9 va=9]
we Q rv Oke dea 7 ca - : . Og, 5
To aU beg ag (oo eee oes ssissssssessssss
Yo
dudy (x4 1
Poxet) Schaal iva ae OP LEN boon t ;
tx dg de Gare. Pl Ey APCy LK YRC Re, th >. Geax) v(3> »)| —