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Date November 2017 Marks available 2 Reference code 17N.1.sl.TZ0.4
Level SL only Paper 1 Time zone TZ0
Command term Complete Question number 4 Adapted from N/A

Question

Consider the following propositions.

p: The car is under warrantyq: The car is less than 2 years oldr : The car has been driven more than 20000 km

Write down in words (q¬r)p.

[3]
a.

Complete the truth table.

N17/5/MATSD/SP1/ENG/TZ0/04.b

[2]
b.

State whether the statement ¬p¬(q¬r) is the inverse, the converse or the contrapositive of the statement in part (a).

[1]
c.

Markscheme

if the car is less than 2 years old or the car has not been driven more than 20000 km, then the car is under warranty     (A1)(A1)(A1)     (C3)

 

Note:     Award (A1) for if …, then …, (A1) for “or”, (A1) for correct statements in correct order. Accept “If the car has not been driven more than 20000 km or the car is less than 2 years old, then the car is under warranty”. Accept logical equivalent wording for each proposition, eg “less than 20000 km”.

 

[3 marks]

a.

N17/5/MATSD/SP1/ENG/TZ0/04.b/M     (A1)(A1)(ft)     (C2)

 

 

Note:     Award (A1) for q¬r column correct and (A1)(ft) for (q¬r)p column correct. Follow through from their q¬r column.

 

[2 marks]

b.

contrapositive     (A1)     (C1)

[1 mark]

c.

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

Topic 3 - Logic, sets and probability » 3.4 » Converse, inverse, contrapositive.
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