Prove that the following statement pattern is a tautology.
(~p ∧ ~q ) → (p → q)
SOLUTION
| p | q | ~p | ~q | ~p∧~q | p→q | (~p∧~q)→(p→q) |
| T | T | F | F | F | T | T |
| T | F | F | T | F | F | T |
| F | T | T | F | F | T | T |
| F | F | T | T | T | T | T |
All the truth values in the last column are T. Hence, it is a tautology.
