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