a. Write the following statement in symbolic form: "There was no increase in the percentage of their budget that Americans spent on food, or there was an increase in the percentage spent on health care and by 2010 the percentage spent on health care was more than triple the percentage spent on food." b. Use the information in the graph to determine the truth value of the statement in part (a).

a. Write the following statement in symbolic form: "There was no increase in the percentage of their budget that Americans spent on food, or there was an increase in the percentage spent on health care and by 2010 the percentage spent on health care was more than triple the percentage spent on food." b. Use the information in the graph to determine the truth value of the statement in part (a).

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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Author:Amos Gilat

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