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**Test Yourself**
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1. If $P(x)$ is a predicate with domain $D$, the truth set of $P(x)$ is denoted
_______. We read these symbols out loud as _______.
$\{x \in D | P(x)\}$; "the set of all $x$ in $D$ such that $P(x)$."
2. Some ways to express the symbol $\forall$ in words are _______.
for every for all, for any, for each, for arbitrary, given any
3. Some ways to express the symbol $\exists$ in words are _______.
there exists, there exist, there exists at least one, for some, for at least
one, we can find a
4. A statement of the form $\forall x \in D$, $Q(x)$ is true if, and only if,
$Q(x)$ is _______ for _______.
true; every $x$ in $D$.
5. A statement of the form $\exists x \in D$ such that $Q(x)$ is true if, and
only if, $Q(x)$ is _______ for _______.
true; at least one $x$ in $D$.
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**Test Yourself**
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1. A negation for "All $R$ have property $S$" is "There is _______ $R$ that
_______."
exists at least one; does not have property $S$.
2. A negation for "Some $R$ have property $S$" is "_______."
"No $R$ have property $S$."
3. A negation for "For every $x$, if $x$ has property $P$ then $x$ has property
$Q$" is "_______."
"There exists at least one $x$ such that $x$ has property $P$ and $x$ does not
have property $Q$."
4. The converse of "For every $x$, if $x$ has property $P$ then $x$ has property
$Q$" is "_______."
"For every $x$, if $x$ has property $Q$ then $x$ has property $P$."
5. The contrapositive of "For every $x$, if $x$ has property $P$ then $x$ has
property $Q$" is "_______."
"For every $x$, if $x$ does not have property $Q$, then $x$ does not have
property $P$."
6. The inverse of "For every $x$, if $x$ has property $P$ then $x$ has property
$Q$" is "_______."
"For every $x$, if $x$ does not have property $P$, then $x$ does not have
property $Q$."
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**Test Yourself**
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1. To establish the truth of a statement of the form
"$\forall x \text{ in } D, \exists y \text{ in } E \text{ such that } P(x)$,"
you imagine that someone has given you an element $x$ from $D$ but that you
have no control over what that element is. Then you need to find _______ with
the property that the $x$ the person gave you together with the _______ you
subsequently found satisfy _______.
$y \in E$; $y$; $P(x, y)$
2. To establish the truth of a statement of the form
"$\exists x \text{ in } D \text{ such that } \forall y \text{ in } E, P(x, y)$,"
you need to find _______ so that no matter what _______ a person might
subsequently give you, _______ will be true.
$x \in D$; $y \in E$; $P(x, y)$
3. Consider the statement
"$\forall x, \exists y \text{ such that } P(x, y), \text{ a property involving } x \text{ and } y, \text{ is true}$."
A negation for this statement is "_______."
"$\exists x$ such that $\forall y$, the property $P(x, y)$ is false."
4. Consider the statement
"$\exists x \text{ such that } \forall y, P(x, y), \text{ a property involving } x \text{ and } y, \text{ is true}$."
A negation for this statement is "_______."
"$\forall x, \exists y$ such that the property $P(x, y)$ is false."
5. Suppose $P(x, y)$ is some property involving $x$ and $y$, and suppose the
statement
"$\forall x \text{ in } D, \exists y \text{ in } E \text{ such that } P(x, y)$"
is true. Then the statement
"$\exists x \text{ in } D \text{ such that } \forall y \text{ in } E, P(x, y)$"
a. is true.
b. is false.
c. may be true or may be false.
c is the answer, it may be true or false depending on the nature of the property
involving $x$, and $y$. In other words, it relies on what $P(x, y)$ states.
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**Test Yourself**
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1. The rule of universal instantiation says that if some property is true for
_______ in a domain, then it is true for _______.
all elements; any particular element in the domain
2. If the first two premises of universal modus ponens are written as "If $x$
makes $P(x)$ true, then $x$ makes $Q(x)$ true" and "For a particular value of
$a$ _______ , " then the conclusion can be written as "______. "
$P(a)$ is true, $Q(a)$ is true
3. If the first two premises of universal modus tollens are written as "If $x$
makes $P(x)$ true, then $x$ makes $Q(x)$ true" and "For a particular value of
$a$ _______ ," then the conclusion can be written as " _______. "
$Q(a)$ is false; $P(a)$ is false
4. If the first two premises of universal transitivity are written as "Any $x$
that makes $P(x)$ true makes $Q(x)$ true" and "Any $x$ that makes $Q(x)$ true
makes $R(x)$ true," then the conclusion can be written as "_______."
"Any $x$ that makes $P(x)$ true makes $R(x)$ true"
5. Diagrams can be helpful in testing an argument for validity. However, if some
possible configurations of the premises are not drawn, a person could
conclude that an argument was _______ when it was actually _______.
valid; invalid