Select Letters to Represent the Simple Statements and Write Each $\sim \mathrm { p } \wedge \mathrm { q }$

question 131

Multiple Choice

Select letters to represent the simple statements and write each statement symbolically by using parentheses then indicate whether the statement is a negation, conjunction, disjunction, conditional, or biconditional.
-Pat Rabbit did not go into Mr. McNoodleʹs garden and Molly collected blueberries.

• A) \(\sim \mathrm { p } \wedge \mathrm { q }\); conjunction
• B) \(\sim ( p \wedge q )\); negation
• C) \(\sim p \vee q\); disjunction
• D) \(\sim ( p \vee q )\); negation

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