Validating Statements
Validating Statements: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Validity of Statements, Direct Method for Validity of a Statement, Fallacy/Contradiction in Mathematical Reasoning & Logical Equivalence in Mathematical Reasoning etc.
Important Questions on Validating Statements
Contrapositive of statement pattern is

If is an odd positive integer, then is prime. By giving a counter-example, show that the statement is false.



Let is an odd prime number.
is divisor of
is L.C.M of and
be three simple logical statements. Which one of the following is not true?

Given below are two statements :
is a multiple of .
is a multiple of .
Write the compound statements connecting these two statements with ‘AND’ and ‘OR’. In both cases check the validity of the compound statement.


is a multiple of and is a statement.

"Oh! it is too hot" is a statement.

The statement is equivalent to

Let Maths is interesting and Maths is easy, then is equivalent to

Let Maths is interesting and Maths is easy, then is equivalent to

Without using truth table, prove that is a tautology.

Using truth tables, prove the following logical equivalences:

Using truth tables, prove the following logical equivalences:

Using the rules of logic, prove the following logical equivalences.

Using the rules of logic, prove the following logical equivalences.

Using truth tables, prove the following logical equivalences:

Determine whether the following statement patterns are tautologies, contradictions or contingencies.

Determine whether the following statement patterns are tautologies, contradictions or contingencies.
