The logical statement $(\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \mathrm{q}) \wedge(\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \sim \mathrm{p})$…

The logical statement $(\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \mathrm{q}) \wedge(\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \sim \mathrm{p})$ is equivalent to
  1. $\sim \mathrm{p}$
  2. $\mathrm{p}$
  3. $q$
  4. $\sim q$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & (\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \mathrm{q}) \wedge(\mathrm{q} \rightarrow \sim \mathrm{p}) \\ & \equiv(\sim \mathrm{p} \vee \mathrm{q}) \wedge(\sim \mathrm{q} \vee \sim \mathrm{p}) \\ & =(\sim \mathrm{p}) \vee(\mathrm{q} \wedge-\mathrm{q}) \\ & \equiv(\sim \mathrm{p}) \vee \mathrm{F} \equiv \sim \mathrm{p}\end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (21 Sep Shift 2)

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