Find the component statements of the following compound statements and check whether they are true or false.
Find the component statements of the following compound statements and check whether they are true or false.
(i) Number 3 is prime or it is odd.
(ii) All integers are positive or negative.
(iii) 100 is divisible by 3, 11 and 5.
2 Answers
(i) The component statements are as follows.
p: Number 3 is prime.
q: Number 3 is odd.
Both the statements are true.
(ii) The component statements are as follows.
p: All integers are positive.
q: All integers are negative.
Both the statements are false.
(iii) The component statements are as follows.
p: 100 is divisible by 3.
q: 100 is divisible by 11.
r: 100 is divisible by 5.
Here, the statements, p and q, are false and statement r is true.
(i) The component statements are
p : number 3 is prime
q : number 3 is odd
Both p and q are true
(ii) The component statements are
p : all integers are positive
q : all integers are negative
Both p and q are false
(iii) The component statements are
p : 100 is divisible by 3 (false)
q : 100 is divisible by 11 (false)
r : 100 is divisible by 5 (true)
(iv) The component statements are
p : a square is a quadrilateral
q : a square has all its sides equal
Both p and q are true
(v) The component statements are
p : all prime numbers are even
q : all prime numbers are odd
Both p and q are false
(vi) The component statements are
p : Chandigarh is the capital of Haryana (True)
q : Chandigarh is the capital of U.P.(False)
(vii) The component statements are
p : 24 is a multiple of 2 (True)
q : 24 is a multiple of 4 (True)
r : 24 is a multiple of 8 (True)