Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Seventh Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073383090
ISBN 13: 978-0-07338-309-5

Chapter 1 - Section 1.1 - Propositional Logic - Exercises - Page 14: 20

Answer

a) Inclusive b) Exclusive c) Inclusive d) Exclusive

Work Step by Step

a) This sentence is equivalent to say that "experience with $at$ $least$ one between C++ and Java is required": experience with both is clearly accepted too. So it's an inclusive or. b) We probably can have a soup or a salad at lunch, but $not$ $both$: it is an exclusive or. c) We can clearly enter the country if we possess both documents: the sentence could be rephrased as "To enter the country you need to hold a passport or a voter registration card, or both": it's inclusive. d) It's an exclusive or since the two conditions are mutually exclusive: publish or perish, but not both, since it is understood that you won't perish if you publish
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