Select Letters to Represent the Simple Statements and Write Each $\mathrm { p } \leftrightarrow ( \sim \mathrm { q } \vee \mathrm { r } )$

question 70

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.
-The lights are on if and only if it is not midnight or it is wintertime.

• A) \(\mathrm { p } \leftrightarrow ( \sim \mathrm { q } \vee \mathrm { r } )\); biconditional
• B) \(( \mathrm { p } \leftrightarrow \sim \mathrm { q } ) \wedge \mathrm { r }\); conjunction
• C) \(( \mathrm { p } \leftrightarrow \sim \mathrm { q } ) \vee \mathrm { r }\); disjunction
• D) \(\mathrm { p } \leftrightarrow ( \sim \mathrm { q } \vee \mathrm { r } )\); conditional

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