Using universal modus ponens or universal
instantiation, fill in the following
Answers:
- If a and b are real numbers, then (a+b)(a-b)
= a2 + b2
x and y
are real numbers.
(x+y)(x-y)
= x2 + y2
- Any odd integer x can be written in the form x
= 2k + 1 for some integer k.
y is an odd integer.
y
= 2k+1 for some integer k.
- All dogs wag their tails.
An Irish wolfhound is a type of dog.
All
Irish wolfhounds wag their tails.
- If an animal is at the top of the food chain, then it is carnivorous.
Tigers are at the top of the food chain.
Tigers
are carnivorous.