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**Test Yourself**
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1. An _and_ statement is true when, and only when, both components are _______.
**Solution**
True.
2. An _or_ statement is false when, and only when, both components are _______.
**Solution**
False.
3. Two statement forms are logically equivalent when, and only when, they always
have _______.
**Solution**
The same truth values.
4. De Morgan's laws says (1) that the negation of an _and_ statement is
logically equivalent to the _______ statement in which each component is
_______, and (2) that the negation of an _or_ statement is logically
equivalent to the _______ statement in which each component is _______.
**Solution**
or; negated; and; negated.
5. A tautology is a statement that is always _______.
**Solution**
true
6. A contradiction is a statement that is always _______.
**Solution**
false
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**Test Yourself**
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1. An _if-then_ statement is false if, and only if, the hypothesis is _______
and the conclusion is _______.
**Solution**
true; false
2. The negation of "if $p$ then $q$" is _______.
**Solution**
$p$ and not $q$.
$$ p \wedge \neg q $$
3. The converse of "if $p$ then $q$" is _______.
**Solution**
if $q$ then $p$
$$ q \to p $$
4. The contrapositive of "if $p$ then $q$" is _______.
**Solution**
if not $q$ then not $p$.
$$ \neg q \to \neg p $$
5. The inverse of "if $p$ then $q$" is _______.
**Solution**
if not $p$ then not $q$.
$$ \neg p \to \neg q $$
6. A conditional statement and its contrapositive are _______.
**Solution**
logically equivalent.
7. A conditional statement and its converse are not _______.
**Solution**
logically equivalent.
8. "$R$ is a sufficient condition for $S$" means "if _______ then _______."
**Solution**
$R$; $S$.
9. "$R$ is a necessary condition for $S$" means "if _______ then _______."
**Solution**
$S$; $R$
10. "$R$ only if $S$" means "if _______ then _______."
**Solution**
$R$; $S$