Either Bill boys shirts and ties or he buys pants. First separate the compound statement into its component simple statements. Let x. 3;, and .2 represent the following statements: a it: Bill buys shirts. in y: Bill buys ties. :- :1 Bill buys pants. The original compound statement in English can be expressed as (x A 3:) V 2 symbolically. After deciding on the truth values of the x A y conjunction portion of the sentence, use those values to determine the truth values of the original statement