# Logical AND

Previous lesson: Using truth tables

I apologize for the name of this lesson. The true name of this operator, which is a diadic operator, is a conjunction. It is a bit dangerous to refer to a conjunction as an AND operator, because English words are far more vague than logic.

• A diadic operator takes 2 arguments, p and q. It returns a single truth value.
• The conjunction, represented by the symbol $\wedge$, returns the value "true" if and only if both arguments are true.

$\wedge$ : This is the conjunction or AND operator

• Let $p$ represent the statement: It is raining.
Let $q$ represent the statement: I am hungry.
$p \wedge q$ represents the conjunction of statements $p$ and $q$: It is raining AND I am hungry.

• Let $p$ represent the false statement: It is raining.
Let $q$ represent the true statement: I am hungry.
$p \wedge q$ is false.

## Truth table for conjunction statements

$p \,\!$ $q \,\!$ $p \wedge q$
T T T
T F F
F T F
F F F

## Next lesson

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