Sample Answers: Will the Real Slim Shady Symbolizations Please Stand Up?

 

P:  Eminem is the real Slim Shady.

Q:  Eminem wins a Grammy.

R:  Eminem is a rapper.

S:  Christina Aguilera is the real Slim Shady.

T:  Christina Aguilera wins a Grammy.

U:  Christina Aguilera is a rapper.

V:  Eminem is misogynistic.

W:  Eminem is controversial.

 

1. Eminem, who is a rapper, is controversial if he is misogynistic.

 

R & (V -> W)

2.  Unlike Eminem, Christina Aguilera is not the real Slim Shady.

 

P & ~S

 

3.  Only one of Eminem and Christina Aguilera is the real Slim Shady.

 

(P v S) & ~(P & S)

 

4.  Given that Eminem won’t win a Grammy if he is controversial and misogynistic, he won’t win a Grammy.

 

(W & V -> ~Q) -> ~Q

 

5.  Eminem’s being misogynistic is sufficient but not necessary for him to be controversial.

 

(V -> W) & ~(W -> V)

 

6.  If Eminem’s being controversial is either necessary or sufficient for him to be the real Slim Shady, then he is the real Slim Shady.

 

(P -> W) v (W -> P) -> P

 

7.  Eminem is the real Slim Shady provided that Christina Aguilera is not.

 

~S -> P

 

8.  If Eminem and Christina Aguilera are both rappers, then they will both win Grammys if either of them does.

 

R & U -> (Q v T -> Q & T)

 

9.  Only on the condition that neither Eminem nor Christina Aguilera is a rapper will they both win Grammys, assuming that at least one of them is the real Slim Shady.

 

P v S -> (Q & T -> ~(R v U))

P v S -> (Q & T -> ~R & ~U)

 

10.  Assuming that Christina Aguilera fails to be the real Slim Shady, she won’t win a Grammy unless she is a rapper.

 

~S -> (~U -> ~T)

~S -> (~T v U)

 

11.  Unless Eminem, who is a rapper, is the real Slim Shady, it’s not the case that he is both controversial and misogynistic.

 

R & (~P -> ~(W & V))

R & (~P -> ~W v ~V)

R & (P v ~(W & V))

R & (P v (~W v ~V))

 

12.  If Eminem is misogynistic if and only if he is a rapper, then his being controversial would imply that he will not win a Grammy.

 

(V <-> R) -> (W -> ~Q)