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GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 · Q1

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Consider the statement “Not all that glitters is gold” Predicate glitters(x)glitters(x) is true if xx glitters and predicate gold(x)gold(x) is true if xx is gold. Which one of the following logical formulae represents the above statement?

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Official answer: D) ∃ x: glitters(x) eg gold(x)

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The statement "Not all that glitters is gold" can be written as the negation of "All things that glitter are gold":

eg(∀x(glitters(x)⇒gold(x))) eg (\forall x (glitters(x) \Rightarrow gold(x)))

Using the logical equivalence P⇒Q≡egP∨QP \Rightarrow Q \equiv eg P \vee Q:

eg(∀x(egglitters(x)∨gold(x))) eg (\forall x ( eg glitters(x) \vee gold(x)))

Applying De Morgan's Law for quantifiers:

$$\exists x eg ( eg glitters(x) \vee gold(x)) \equiv \exists x (glitters(x) \wedgeeg gold(x))$$

This means "there exists something that glitters and is not gold", which corresponds to option (D).

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Consider the statement “Not all that glitters is gold” Predicate glitters(x) is true if x glitters and predicate gold(x) is true if x is gold. Which one of the following logical formulae represents the above statement?

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