This document provides solved assignments for MCS-013 from Ignou in 2011. It includes truth tables and answers to questions about conditional connectives, proofs, rational and irrational numbers, Boolean algebra, logic circuits, sets, Venn diagrams, and counterexamples. Specifically, it gives examples of direct proofs, finds whether 17 is rational or irrational, explains how Boolean algebra is used in logic circuit design, draws Venn diagrams, and illustrates the use of a counterexample.

1. MCS-013 Solved Assignments Ignou 2011
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Question 1:
a) Make truth table for
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What are conditional connectives? Explain use of conditional connectives with an example.
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Given any two propositions p and q, we denote the statement ‘If p, then q’ by p → q. We also read this as ‘p implies q’. or ‘p is
sufficient for q’, or ‘p only if q’. We also call p the hypothesis and q the conclusion. Further, a statement of the form p → q is called a
conditional statement or a conditional proposition.
So, for example, in the conditional proposition ‘If m is in Z, then m belongs to Q.’ the hypothesis is ‘m Z’ and the conclusion is ‘m
Q’.
Mathematically, we can write this statement as
m Z → m Q.
Let us analyse the statement p → q for its truth value. Do you agree with the truth table we’ve given below (Table 3)? You may like to
check it out while keeping an example from your surroundings in mind.
Table 3: Truth table for implication
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‘If Ayesha gets 75% or more in the examination, then she will get an A grade for the course.’. We can write this statement as ‘If p, and q’,
where
p: Ayesha gets 75% or more in the examination, and

2. q: Ayesha will get an A grade for the course.
therefore, P-Q
c)
Write down suitable mathematical statement that can be represented by the following symbolic properties.
i)
(  x) (  y) (  z) P
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 (x) (  y) (  z) P
Question 2:
a) What is proof? Explain method of direct proof with the help of one example.
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A proof of a proposition p is a mathematical argument consisting of a sequence
of statements p1 , p2 , · · · , pn from which p logically follows. So, p is the conclusion of this argument.
The statement that is proved to be true is called a theorem.
Direct Proof
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This form of proof is based entirely on modus ponens. Let us formally spell out the strategy.
Definition: A direct proof of p ⇒ q is a logically valid argument that begins with the assumptions that p is true and, in one or
more applications of the law of detachment, concludes that q must be true.
So, to construct a direct proof of p ⇒ q, we start by assuming that p is true. Then, in one or more steps of the form p ⇒ q1, q1⇒
q2, ……., qn ⇒ q, we conclude that q is true. Consider the following examples
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Example : Give a direct proof of the statement ‘The product of two odd integers is odd’.
Solution: Let us clearly analyse what our hypotheses are, and what we have to prove.
We start by considering any two odd integers x and y. So our hypothesis is p: x and y are odd.
The conclusion we want to reach is
q: xy is odd.
Let us first prove that p ⇒ q.
Since x is odd, x = 2m + 1 for some integer m.
Similarly, y = 2n + 1 for some integer n.
Then xy = (2m + 1) (2n + 1) = 2(2mn + m + n) +1
Therefore, xy is odd.
So we have shown that p ⇒ q.
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Now we can apply modus ponens to p ∧ ( p ⇒ q) to get the required conclusion.
b) Show whether
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17 is rational or irrational.
Let us try and prove the given statement by contradiction. For this, we begin by assuming that
that there exist positive integers a and b such that
17
is rational. This means
17 = a/b, where a and b have no common factors.
This implies a = 17 b
⇒ a2 = 17b2
⇒ 17 | a2 ⇒ 17 | a.
Therefore, by definition, a = 17c for some c ∈ Z.
Therefore, a2 = 289c2.
But a2 = 17b2 also.
So 289c2 = 17b2 ⇒ 17c2 = b2 ⇒ 17 | b2 ⇒ 17 | b
But now we find that 17 divides both a and b, which contradicts our earlier assumption that a and b have no common factor.
Therefore, we conclude that our assumption that
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is rational is false, i.e,
17
is irrational.
Question 3:
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What is Boolean algebra? Explain how Boolean algebra methods are used in logic circuit
design.

3. Definition: A Boolean algebra B is an algebraic structure which consists of a set X (≠ Ø) having two binary operations
(denoted by ∨ and ∧), one unary operation (denoted by ' ) and two specially defined elements O and I (say), which satisfy the
following five laws for all x, y, z ∈ X.
B1. Associative Laws:
x ∨ (y ∨ z) = (x ∨ y) ∨ z,
x ∧ (y ∧ z) = (x ∧ y) ∧ z
B2. Commutative Laws:
x ∨ y = y ∨ x,
x∧y=y∧x
B3. Distributive Laws:
x ∨ (y ∧ z) = (x ∨ y) ∧ (x ∨ z),
x ∧ (y ∨ z) = (x ∧ y) ∨ (x ∧ z)
B4. Identity Laws:
x ∨ O = x,
x∧I=x
B5. Complementation Laws:
x ∧ x' = O,
x ∨ x'= I.
We write this algebraic structure as B = (X, ∨, ∧, ' , O, I), or simply B, if the context makes the meaning of the other terms clear.
The two operations ∨ and ∧ are called the join operation and meet operation, respectively. The unary operation ' is called the
complementation.
Boolean algebra methods to circuit design.
While expressing circuits mathematically, we identify each circuit in terms of some Boolean variables. Each of these variables represents
either a simple switch or an input to some electronic switch.
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Definition: Let B = (S, ∨, ∧, ', O, I) be a Boolean algebra. A Boolean expression in variables
x1, x2 , . . . , xk (say), each taking their values in the set S is defined recursively as follows:
i) Each of the variables x1 , x2 , . . . , xk , as well as the elements O and I of the Boolean algebra B are Boolean expressions.
ii) If X1 and X2 are previously defined Boolean expressions, then X1 ∧ X2 , X1 ∨ X 2 and X'1 are also Boolean expressions.
For instance, x1 ∧ x'3 is a Boolean expression because so are x1 and x'3 , Similarly,
because x1 ∧ x2 is a Boolean expression, so is (x1 ∧ x2 ) ∧ (x1 ∧ x'3 ).
If X is a Boolean expression in n variables x1 , x2 , . . . , xn (say), we write this as
X = X(x1 , . . . , xn ) .
In the context of simplifying circuits, we need to reduce Boolean expressions to simpler ones. `Simple' means that the expression has
fewer connectives, and all the literals involved are distinct. We illustrate this technique now.
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Example : Reduce the following Boolean expressions to a simpler form.
X(x1, x2 ) = (x1 ∧ x2 ) ∧ (x1 ∧ x'2 );
Solution: (a) Here we can write
(x1 ∧ x2 ) ∧ (x1 ∧ x'2 ) = ((x1 ∧ x2 ) ∧ x1 ) ∧ x'2 (Associative law)
= (x1 ∧ x2) ∧ x'2 (Absorption law)
= x1 ∧ (x2 ∧ x'2 ) (Associative law)
= x1 ∧ O (Complementation law)
= O. (Identity law)
Thus, in its simplified form, the expression given in (a) above is O, i.e., a null expression.
b)
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If p and q are statements, show whether the statement [(~p→q)
is a tautology or not.
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(q)] → (p
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Tautology :
A compound proposition that is true for all possible truth values of the simple propositions involved in it is called a tautology.
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Question 4:
a) Make logic circuit for the following Boolean expressions:
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(x′.y + z) + (x+y+z)′ +(x+y+z)

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b) What is dual of a Boolean expression? Find dual of boolean expression of the
output of the following logic circuit:

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If p is a proposition involving ~, ∧ and ∨, the dual of p, denoted by pd, is the proposition obtained by replacing each occurrence
of ∧ (and/or ∨) in p by ∨ (and/or ∧, respectively) in pd .
For example, x ∨ (x ∧ y) = x is the dual of x ∧(x ∨ y) = x.
The principle of duality: If s is a theorem about a Boolean algebra, then so is its dual sd .
Corresponding dual expressions of given figures:
Fig(a) :Given expression = [{(A’ + B) + B’}’ . C]’
Dual of expression = [{(A’. B) . B’}’ + C]’
Fig(b) : Given expression = [(A.B)+{(B’+C)}’]’
Dual of expression = [(A+B).{(B’.C)}’]’
c) Set A,B and C are:
A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6,9,19,15}, B = { 1,2,5,22,33,99 } and C { 2, 5,11,19,15},
Find A  B  C and A  B  C
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 B C
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= {1,2,3,4,5,6,9,19,15,22,33,99} U {2,5,11,15,19}
 {1,2,3,4,5,6,9,11,15,19,22,33,99}
Question 5:
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c) What is counterexample? Explain the use of counterexample with the help of an example.
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In logic, and especially in its applications to mathematics and philosophy, a counterexample is an exception to a proposed general rule.
For example, consider the proposition all students are lazy. Because this statement makes the claim that a certain property (laziness)
holds for all students, even a single example of a diligent student will prove it false. Thus, any hard-working student is a counterexample
to all students are lazy. More precisely, a counterexample is a specific instance of the falsity of a universal quantification (a for all
statement).
In mathematics, this term is (by a slight abuse) also sometimes used for examples illustrating the necessity of the full hypothesis of a
theorem, by considering a case where a part of the hypothesis is not verified, and where one can show that the conclusion does not
hold.[citation needed]A counterexample may be local or global in an argument.

7. eg
Suppose that a mathematician is studying geometry and shapes, and she wishes to prove certain theorems about them. She conjectures
that All rectangles are squares. She can either attempt to prove the truth of this statement using deductive reasoning, or if she suspects
that her conjecture is false, she might attempt to find a counterexample. In this case, a counterexample would be a rectangle that is not a
square, like a rectangle with two sides of length 5 and two sides of length 7. However, despite having found rectangles that were not
squares, all the rectangles she did find had four sides. She then makes the new conjecture All Rectangles have four sides. This is weaker
than her original conjecture, since every square has four sides, even though not every four-sided shape is a square.
The previous paragraph explained how a mathematician might weaken her conjecture in the face of counterexamples, but
counterexamples can also be used to show that the assumptions and hypothesis are needed. Suppose that after a while the mathematician
in question settled on the new conjecture All shapes that are rectangles and have four sides of equal length are squares. This conjecture
has two parts to the hypothesis: the shape must be 'a rectangle' and 'have four sides of equal length' and the mathematician would like to
know if she can remove either assumption and still maintain the truth of her conjecture. So she needs to check the truth of the statements:
(1) All shapes that are rectangles are squares and (2) All shapes that have four sides of equal length are squares. A counterexample to
(1) was already given, and a counterexample to (2) is a parallelogram or a diamond. Thus the mathematician sees that both assumptions
were necessary.
Question 6:
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What is inclusion-exclusion principle? Also explain one application of inclusion-exclusion principle.
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b) Find inverse of the following functions
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Question 7:
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Find how many 4 digit numbers are even? How many 4 digit numbers are composed of odd digits.

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4 digit numbers number means we have to put 0-9 digit at 4 places....ABCD
at the position of A (first place) we can put any digit 1-9 not 0, otherwise it will not a 4 digit number, so by 9 ways
at the position of B (second place) we can put 0-9 i.e by 10 ways...
at the position of C (third place) we can put 0-9 i.e by 10 ways...
at the position of D (fourth place) we can put 0,2,4,6 or 8 i.e by 5 ways...
so, total no. of digit = 9*10*10*5 = 4500
Total no. of four digit even numbers =4500
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Since we need only those four digit numbers ,whose digits are odd,
This can be in following ways
There can only be 1,3,5,7,9 numbers at each place in following ways
First place= 5ways
Second place = 5 ways
Third place=5 ways
Fourth place=5ways
So total numbers = 5x5x5x5=625
b) How many different 15 persons committees can be formed each containing at least
2 Accountants and at least 3 Managers from a set of 10 Accountants and 12 Managers.
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3 Accountants and 12 Managers in C(10,3)*C(12,12)=120 WAYS
4 Accountants and 11 Managers in C(10,4)*C(12,11)=2520 WAYS
5 Accountants and 10 Managers in C(10,5)*C(12,10) =16632 ways
6 and 9 in C(10,6)*C(12,9)=46200 ways
7 and 8 in C(10,7)*C(12,8)=59400 ways
8 and 7 in C(10,8)*C(12,7)=35640 ways
9 and 6 in C(10,9)*C(12,6)=9240 ways
10 and 5 in C (10,10)*C(12,5)=792 ways
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(120+2520+16632+46200+59400+35640+9240+792)= 170544 ways
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What is a function? Explain one to one mapping with an example.

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What is Demorgan’s Law? Also explain the use of Demorgen’s law with example?
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b) How many ways are there to distribute 15 district object into 5 distinct boxes with
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At least two empty box.
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P3= 15!/(15-3)!

13. 15!/12! = 2730
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No empty box.
c(15,5)=15!/5!(15-5)!
= 21 x 13x 11
= 3003
In a fifteen question true false examination a student must achieve five correct
answers to pass. If student answer randomly what is the probability that student will fail.
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5
C1 + 5C2 + 5C3 +5C4+ 5C5
so, n(s) =
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so, P(E) = ( C1 + 5C2 + 5C3 +5C4+ 5C5)/(15C5)
= (5+10+10+5+1)/2983
= 0.010
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