Check whether the following sentence is a statement. Give reasons for your answer.
"How far is Chennai from here?"
"How far is Chennai from here?"
(N/A) sentence is considered a statement in logic if it is either true or false,but not both.
The given sentence,"How far is Chennai from here?",is an interrogative sentence (a question).
Furthermore,the word "here" is ambiguous as it depends on the location of the speaker.
Since it cannot be assigned a truth value of either true or false,it is not a statement.
The given sentence,"How far is Chennai from here?",is an interrogative sentence (a question).
Furthermore,the word "here" is ambiguous as it depends on the location of the speaker.
Since it cannot be assigned a truth value of either true or false,it is not a statement.
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The compound statement $(P \vee Q) \wedge (\sim P) \Rightarrow Q$ is equivalent to:
The correct logical equivalences from the following are:
$(I)$ $p \to (q \to r) \equiv (p \land q) \to r$
$(II)$ $(p \to q) \to r \equiv p \to (q \lor r)$
$(III)$ $(p \to q) \to r \equiv (p \to r) \land (\sim q \to r)$
$(IV)$ $p \to (q \to r) \equiv q \to (p \to r)$
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$(II)$ $(p \to q) \to r \equiv p \to (q \lor r)$
$(III)$ $(p \to q) \to r \equiv (p \to r) \land (\sim q \to r)$
$(IV)$ $p \to (q \to r) \equiv q \to (p \to r)$
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