MATH 211 Exam, Spring 2008
American University of Beirut · Discrete Structures · 2 pages
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
Math 211- Spring 2007 V/ Drop Quiz 3, section 2, March 15, 2007
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Question 1: Express the following statement using predicates, quantifiers and logical connectives, if necessary:
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Question 2: Negate 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):
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