Use p : Ramesh is rich , q : Pradeep is poor. Think of " poor " as " not rich " , and write each of these statements in symbolic form.
Neither Ramesh nor Pradeep is rich.

Answer

To express the statement "Neither Ramesh nor Pradeep is rich" in symbolic form, we will follow these steps:

1. **Identify the statements**:
- Let \( p \): Ramesh is rich.
- Let \( q \): Pradeep is poor (which we interpret as "Pradeep is not rich").

2. **Negate the statements**:
- The negation of \( p \) (Ramesh is rich) is \( \neg p \) (Ramesh is not rich).
- The statement \( q \) (Pradeep is poor) means Pradeep is not rich, which can be represented as \( \neg p \) as well.

3. **Combine the negated statements**:
- The phrase "Neither Ramesh nor Pradeep is rich" indicates that both Ramesh and Pradeep are not rich. This can be expressed as:
\[ \neg p \land \neg q \]
- Here, \( \land \) represents the logical "and".

4. **Final symbolic representation**:
- Therefore, the statement "Neither Ramesh nor Pradeep is rich" can be written in symbolic form as:
\[ \neg p \land \neg q \]