Show that p ↔ q and (p ∧ q) ∨ (¬p ∧ ¬q) are logically equivalent.
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1)First method
Lets make truth value table of both statements. Lets denote p ↔ q as S1, (p ∧ q) as A, (¬p ∧ ¬q) as B, (p ∧ q) ∨ (¬p ∧ ¬q) as S2.
| p | q | A | B | S2 | S1 |
| T | T | T | F | T | T |
| T | F | F | F | F | F |
| F | T | F | F | F | F |
| F | F | F | T | T | T |
2)Second method
is always false, as well as , since is true only if x is true, . Using this we can remove and , which gives as