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Examine whether the following statement pattern is a tautology or a contradiction or a contingency: (∼p ∧ ∼q) → (p → q) -

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Examine whether the following statement pattern is a tautology or a contradiction or a contingency:

(∼p ∧ ∼q) → (p → q)

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Solution

p q ∼p ∼q ∼p ∧ ∼q p → q (∼p ∧ ∼q) → (p → q)
T T F F F T T
T F F T F F T
F T T F F T T
F F T T T T T

All the entries in the last column of the above truth table are T.

∴ (∼p ∧ ∼q) → (p → q) is a Tautology.

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