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MATH 170 Team Three

Group Project Part 1


Daniel Ayala
Jacob Button
Jacob Young
Introduction
We are solving 3 problems from chapter 3 in
this part of the project.
Directions for the 1st set of ProbIems
Give background information about our
problem sets
n 2830, rewrite each statement without using
quantifiers or variables. ndicate which are true
and which are false, and justify your answers
as best as you can.
SymboIs and their Definitions
= "For all. t means that for all possible
values in the domain the statement is true.
= "There exists...This means that at least
one element of the domain matching the
condition can be found.
= "An element of. This means that the
preceeding elements belong to the set listed
after it.
SymboIs (continued)
Implication. It means that the term beIore it
implies the term aIter it. Example: 'II P(x) then Q
(x) is the same as P(x) Q(x)
Biconditional, or 'II and only II
AND (both values MUST be true)
OR (At least one value must be true)
~ NOT, or the opposite truth value
First ProbIem
28. Let the domain of x be the set D of objects
discussed in mathematics courses, and let Real
(x) be "x is a real number, Pos(x) be "x is a
positive real number, Neg(x) be "x is a
negative real number, and nt(x) be "x is an
integer.
a. Pos(0)
b. x, Real(x) Neg(x) Pos(~x).
c. x, Int(x) Real(x).
d. x such that Real(x) Int(x).
a. Pos(0)
- Translated into words:
0 is a positive real number
- This statement is false because 0 is neither
negative or positive.
- Translated into words:
f x is a real number and is negative, then
(-x) is positive.
- This statement is true because the negative of
a negative number is positive
b. x, ReaI(x) Neg(x) Pos(~x).
c. x, Int(x) ReaI(x).
- Translated into words:
f x is an integer, then x is a real number
- This statement is true because all integers
are real numbers.
d. x such that ReaI(x) ~Int(x).
- Translated into words:
There exists an x such that it is a real
number and x is not an integer
- This statement is true because fractions are
real numbers, but they are not integers.
Second ProbIem
29. Let the domain of x be the set of geometric
figures in the plane, and let Square(x) be "x is a
square and Rect(x) be "x is a rectangle.
a. x, such that Rect(x) Square(x).
b. x, such that Rect(x) ~Square(x).
c. x, Square(x) Rect(x).
a. x, such that Rect(x) Square(x).
- Translated into words:
There is exists an x such that x is a
rectangle and a square
- This is true because a square is always a
rectangle
b. x, such that Rect(x) ~Square
(x).
- Translated into words:
There is an x such that x is a rectangle and
is not a square.
- This statement is true because not all
rectangles are squares
c. x, Square(x) Rect(x).
-Translated into words:
There exists an x, if x is a square, then
x is a rectangle.
- This is true because all squares are
rectangles
Third ProbIem
30. Let the domain of x be the set Z of integers,
and let Odd(x) be "x is odd, Prime(x) be "x is
prime, and Square(x) be "x is a perfect square.
(An integer n is said to be a perfect square if, and
only if, it equals the square of some integer. For
example, 25 is a perfect square because
25 = 5^2.)
a. x such that Prime(x) Odd(x).
b. x, Prime(x) Square(x).
c. x such that Odd(x) Square(x)
a. x such that Prime(x) Odd(x).
- Translated into words::
There exists an x such that x is prime and
x is not an odd number.
- This is true because there is an even number
that is prime, the number 2.
b. x, Prime(x) ~Square(x).
- Translated into words:
There exists an x such that if x is a prime
number then x is not a perfect square.
- This is false because all prime numbers
are not perfect squares.
c. x such that Odd(x) Square(x)
- Translated into words:
There exists an x such that x is odd and x
is a perfect square
- This is true because 49 is an odd number
and 49 = 7^2 is a perfect square.

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