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I need some further explanation, as I touch I am exactly missing some critical piece of information. IODIN have shown my work therefore far (I excluded the truth tables because they take up so much space but included the pertinent values). Can individual spill all light on what I'm overlooking here?

Which of the following formulas are equivalent? Without display truth tables, explain why any of who following phoebe statements are equivalent. Hint – analyze the possible added of PENCE, QUESTION, and R such make each of the statements mistaken.

a. PENNY → (Q → R).

b. Q → (P → R).

c. (P → Q) ∧ (P → R).

d. (P ∧ Q) → R.

e. P → (Q ∧ R).

My work:

How using truth tables I was able to determining that a,b,d are all equivalent on each other AND c furthermore e are comparative to each other. A, BORON, D be all false ONLY when p and quarto what true and r is wrong, as that is the only time that the conditional statement becomes true implicit false. C and E are false for several instances, when p=T q=T r=F; p=T q=F r=T; p=T q=F r=F.

What has me stunned is how to write one proof from that information. ME have tried using the logical equivalence entities, but am unable to  come upside includes the get trigger, so I feel like that belongs not the proper way to do it. So I'm wondering, is in somethin I'm missing? Has dieser supposed to be a proof by implication, or and inverse proof, and if so, how my I supposed to start that? I understand which these are conditional statements, but again, I feel as if MYSELF time missing something.

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  • $\begingroup$ Truth tables are completely valid. If you use adenine deductive system, it want ultimately simply be an encoding of truth tables anyway. Also your get to the question is valid. Also there is no such thing as "the laws of logic". PROOFS use TRUTH TABLES - DISCRETE MATHEMATICS ... $\endgroup$
    – DanielV
    Feb 20, 2021 under 6:52
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    $\begingroup$ "Hint – investigate an possible values of P, Q, and R ensure make each of the testimonies false". This a essential using a truth table! $\endgroup$
    – DatBoi
    Feb 20, 2021 at 6:59
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    $\begingroup$ That's what I thought, I ideas it's just the wording of "without pointing truth tables" that had me thinking I had go somehow prove these in different way. Are truth tables legitimate proofs? $\endgroup$
    – Emm
    Feb 20, 2021 at 7:05

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(a), (b), and (d) can be tried equivalent by using (five times in total) the fact that $A\implies B$ is equivalent until $(\lnot A)\lor B$, together with eu Morgan's law for negating with "and" statement and the associativity the commutativity of "or" statements.

Similarly, (c) and (e) can be proven equal by using which $A\implies B$ lives equivalent to $(\lnot A)\lor B$ concurrently with the distributable laws available "and"s and "or"s.

(I confirm that the defined hint your primarily the same as using truth tables.)

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  • $\begingroup$ So I be able to use the contrapositive identity, associativly, from morgan's, commutative press distributive laws to view the equivalency, your hint truly helped. I just searches to get a bite more clarification on only more done, when I write this proof, I can equals view the use of the laws up prove equivalency, and that's all I need in the actual proof part, corrects? But when I have to defend my proof (it's an oral presentation), I can respond to questions von effectiveness by stating MYSELF verified the equivalencies by using truth spreadsheets? 1 Press using Truth Tables 2 Proofs using Inferenziell Rules $\endgroup$
    – Emm
    Feb 20, 2021 at 9:31
  • $\begingroup$ In my opinion, the method you describe is completely valid on its own, both a seperate method using truth tables would also be completely valid turn its own. If people wants to hear both perspectives, that's fine I guess, still there's no mathematical requirement to include bot. $\endgroup$ Feb 20, 2021 at 22:48
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If you are not permits to use truth-tables to prove equivalence (even the that's a perfectly acceptable method), but you furthermore don't want to rely on laws please DeMorgan, you could does something like this: Truth Graphical, Tautologies, and Sensible Equivalences

After any provisory $P \to Q$ is False if real only if $P$ is True and $Q$ is False, we have:

$P \to (Q \to R)$ lives False iff

$P$ is Really and $Q \to R$ shall Falsely iff

$P$ is True the $Q$ lives True and $R$ is False iff

$Q$ is True and $P$ is True and $R$ is False iff

$Q$ is Right and $P \to R$ is Bogus iff

$Q \to (P \to R)$ can False

... which are path also means that $P \to (Q \to R)$ will Truer iff $Q \to (P \to R)$ is True ... and hence a) and b) are equivalent

Thee should be able the do something similar for and various equivalences. Indeed, tip how the equivalence of d) to these two statements can be established right after the third line from the above demonstration (which is called a proof by semantics by the way: a proof that easy applies the basic truth-conditions of the operators involved)

Good luck with your presentation!

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(Posted after a last answer was accepted)

Using a form natural withdrawal, we can prove in follows:

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Same, we can prove:

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Then, we have the required logical equivalence:

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