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Use resolution to determine if the following arguments in the predicate logic ar

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Question

Use resolution to determine if the following arguments in the predicate logic are valid. Use the predicates suggested A. Al Italian mothers can cook. (M, C) All cooks are healthy. (H) Either Connie or Jing Jing is an Italian mother. Jing Jing is not an Italian mother. Therefore, Connie is healthy B. Anyone who drinks green tea is strong. (T, S) Anyone who is strong takes vitamins. (V) Someone at City College drinks green tea. (C) Therefore, everyone at City College drinks green tea and is strong

Explanation / Answer

A)

We can resolve third and fourth statement as Jing Jong is not an italian mother and One of them has to be italian mother So connie is an italian mother and all italian mothers are cook.All Cooks are healthy.

Hence connie is healthy.

Therefore the given statement is valid

B)

Someone at college drinks tea and is strong but this doesnot entail that eveyone drinks tea and hence the statement inferred is not valid