let p represent the statement, JIm plays football," and let q represent " Micheal plays football." Convert the compound statement into symbols.

what compound statement?

If you mean "Michael plays football and Jim does not", then that would be

q ^ ~p

But there are lots of other possibilities

The compound statement is: "Jim plays football and Michael plays football."

To convert this compound statement into symbols using the variables p and q, we can use the logical operator for "and," which is ∧.

So, the converted statement using symbols is: p ∧ q