The discussion focuses on constructing a truth table for the logical expression (P->(~RvQ))^R. To set up the truth table, one must create a column for each variable (P, Q, R) and additional columns for intermediate expressions such as (~RvQ), (P->(~RvQ)), and the final expression (P->(~RvQ))^R. With three variables, a total of eight rows is required to cover all possible combinations of truth values.
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You need one column for each variable, and then columns for the other expressions you need to evaluate. It wouldn't hurt to have separate columns for (~RvQ), (P->(~RvQ), and (P->(~RvQ))^R.joemama69 said:Homework Statement
I'm confused on how to set up the columns of a truth table. Is there a rule for doing this. ex) (P->(~RvQ))^R would you break it into smaller pieces P,Q,R then start inside and work out so next it would be (~RvQ) then (P->(~RvQ) and then (P->(~RvQ))^R
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