Finite Mathematics
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Author: Stefan Waner, Steven Costenoble
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter A, Problem 1E
Which of Exercises 1–10 are statements? Comment on the truth values of all the statements you encounter. If a sentence fails to be a statement, explain why. [HINT: See Example 1.]
All swans are white.
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