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The logical statement \((p \wedge \sim q) \vee q \vee(\sim p \wedge q)\) is equivalent to

  1. A \(p \vee \sim q\)
  2. B \(\sim p \wedge q\)
  3. C \(p \wedge q\)
  4. D \(p \vee q\)
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(D) \(p \vee q\)

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\(\begin{aligned} & (p \wedge \sim q) \vee q \vee(\sim p \wedge q) \\ & \equiv\{(p \wedge \sim q) \vee(\sim p \wedge q)\} \vee q \\ & \equiv \sim(p \Leftrightarrow q) \vee q \equiv p \vee q\end{aligned}\)