Answer:
a) r→q
b) r→p
c) r→p
d) r→ p∧q
e) r→ p∨q
Step-by-step explanation:
Using logical connectives, as shown in the picture below, we can write all of the statements of the question.
p:"You get an A on the final exam"
q:"You do every exercise in this book"
r:"You get an A in this class"
a) r→q
b) r→p
c) r→p
d) r→ p∧q
e) r→ p∨q
Let's call the two numbers and
.
Given these variables, we can say: , based on the first sentence in the problem.
Also, remember that the reciprocal of a number is simply 1 divided by the number. Thus, we can say that:
To solve, we can simply substitute in for
in the second equation and solve.
Now, notice that we have found two solutions, but the problem is only asking for one. This <em>likely </em>means that one of our solutions is extraneous. Let's take a look. Remember that the smaller positive number is equal to 14 less than the larger number. However,
,
Since is not positive in this case,
is not a solution.
Thus, is our only solution. In this case,
,
which means that the smaller number is 14 and the larger number is 28.