Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A)The gap between the wages of college-educated workers and the wages of workers with only high-school educations has been narrowing over the past 25 years.
• B)Since the 1980s,the average pay for women has risen as a percentage of the average pay for men.
• C)Until the 1980s,women's income as a percentage of men's had never been above 60 percent.
• D)Due to affirmative action rules,women now generally make more than men.
• E)The gap between the average pay of women and that of men has not changed much over the past 30 years.

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Definitions:

Atomic Sentences

Simple, indivisible sentences in logic that assert a basic proposition without the use of connectives or complex structures.

Truth Values

The valuation of a statement as either true or false in logic.

Short Form Truth Table

A method of using truth tables that focuses only on the relevant combinations of truth values that could affect the outcome.

Atomic Sentences

Simple statements that contain no logical connectives or quantifiers, representing the most basic elements of logic.