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Let ๐‘ƒ(๐‘ฅ, ๐‘ฆ) be the statement โ€œ๐‘ฅ enjoys playing ๐‘ฆ,โ€ where the domain for๐‘ฅ consists of all Ashesi students and that of ๐‘ฆ consists of all sports.Express each of these statements by a simple English sentence.a) ๐‘ƒ(Paul, football)b) โˆƒ๐‘ฆ๐‘ƒ(Carol, ๐‘ฆ)c) โˆƒ๐‘ฅ(๐‘ƒ(๐‘ฅ, basketball) โˆง ๐‘ƒ(๐‘ฅ, badminton))d) โˆƒ๐‘ฅโˆ€๐‘ฆ((๐‘ฅ โ‰ Ben) โˆง (๐‘ƒ(Ben, ๐‘ฆ) โ†’ ๐‘ƒ(๐‘ฅ, ๐‘ฆ))

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Let ๐‘ƒ(๐‘ฅ, ๐‘ฆ) be the statement โ€œ๐‘ฅ enjoys playing ๐‘ฆ,โ€ where the domain for๐‘ฅ consists of all Ashesi students and that of ๐‘ฆ consists of all sports.Express each of these statements by a simple English sentence.a) ๐‘ƒ(Paul, football)b) โˆƒ๐‘ฆ๐‘ƒ(Carol, ๐‘ฆ)c) โˆƒ๐‘ฅ(๐‘ƒ(๐‘ฅ, basketball) โˆง ๐‘ƒ(๐‘ฅ, badminton))d) โˆƒ๐‘ฅโˆ€๐‘ฆ((๐‘ฅ โ‰ Ben) โˆง (๐‘ƒ(Ben, ๐‘ฆ) โ†’ ๐‘ƒ(๐‘ฅ, ๐‘ฆ))

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a) Paul enjoys playing football. b) Carol enjoys playing some sport. c) There exists a student who enjoys playing both basketball and badminton. d) There exists a student who enjoys every sport that Ben enjoys, and this student is not Ben.

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