Question

Winston can milk ten cows and feed ten chickens, but he cannot brush two dogs before he has to go to school.Part A: Identify the variables in the statement.

Answer 1

A) identify variables

Cows = C

Chickens = Ch

and

Dogs = D

are the variables

B)logical symbols

Winston can milk ten cows = 10C

and is a logical operator

and= ∧

feed ten chickens = 10Ch

but he cannot

cannot is a logical operator of negation = -

brush 2 dogs = 2D

then the sentence

Winston can milk ten cows and feed ten chickens, but he cannot brush two dogs before he has to go to school

written in logical symbols:

`10C∧10Ch-2D`

C)

the sentence 'before he has to go to school' is not a considered statement because the phrase does not have logical operator, like and, or, not