Even Harder Extra PL Translations--Solutions

1. Every administrator earns more than some faculty member, and every faculty member earns more than some administrator.

Universal Quantifierx[Ax Existential Quantifiery( Fy & Exy )] &Universal Quantifierx[Fx Existential Quantifiery( Ay & Exy )]

2. If any administrator earns more than every faculty member, Jones does.

Existential Quantifierx[Ax &Universal Quantifiery( Fy Exy )] Universal Quantifiery( Fy Ejy )

3. No faculty member earns more than the president.

~Existential Quantifiery( Fy & Eyp )

4. Any administrator who earns more than every faculty member should be fired.

Universal Quantifierx{[Ax &Universal Quantifiery( Fy Exy )] Rx }

5. No faculty member earns more than the president, but some coaches do.

~Existential Quantifiery( Fy & Eyp ) &Existential Quantifiery( Cy & Eyp )

6. There is an administrator who is a faculty member and is distrusted by all administrators who are not faculty members.

Existential Quantifierx[(Ax & Fx ) &Universal Quantifiery{(Ay & ~Fy) Dyx }]

7. Every faculty member who is an M.D. earns more than every faculty member who is not an M.D.

Universal Quantifierx{[Fx & Mx] Universal Quantifiery[( Fy & ~My) Exy ]}

8. Every faculty member who is an administrator earns more than some faculty members who are not administrators.

Universal Quantifierx{[Fx & Ax] Existential Quantifiery[( Fy & ~Ay) & Exy ]}

9. At least one administrator who is not a faculty member earns more than every faculty member who is not an administrator.

Existential Quantifierx{[~Fx & Ax] &Universal Quantifiery[( Fy & ~Ay) Exy ]}

10. No professor bores every student who enrolls in some class the professor teaches.

~Existential Quantifierx( Px &Universal Quantifiery{( Sy &Existential Quantifierz[(Cz & Txz) & Eyz ]) Bxy })

11. Some faculty members distrust every administrator and some administrators distrust every faculty member.

Existential Quantifierx[Fx &Universal Quantifiery( Ay Dxy )] &Existential Quantifierx[Ax &Universal Quantifiery( Fy Dxy )]

12. Some faculty member who is distrusted by some administrator is respected by every faculty member not distrusted by some administrator.

Existential Quantifierx([Fx &Existential Quantifiery( Ay & Dyx )] &Universal Quantifiery{[ Fy &Existential Quantifierz(Az & ~Dzy)] Ryx })

13. Anyone who distrusts everyone is either paranoid or an administrator or a union officer.

Universal Quantifierx{Universal QuantifieryDxy [Px v ( Ax v Ux )]}

14. Everyone distrusts someone, but only administrators who are not faculty members distrust everyone.

Universal QuantifierxExistential QuantifieryDxy & ~Existential Quantifierx[( ~Ax & ~Fx ) &Universal QuantifieryDxy ]

15. Professors don't understand the students they bore, and students don't listen to the professors they are bored by.

Universal Quantifierx[Px Universal Quantifiery{( Sy & Bxy) ~Uxy }] &Universal Quantifierx[Sx Universal Quantifiery{( Py & Byx) ~Lxy }]

 

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