Indicate whether the statement is a simple or a compound statement. If it is a compound statement, indicate whether it is a negation, conjunction, disjunction, conditional, or biconditional by using both the word and its appropriate symbol.
-The animal is a mammal if and only if it nurses its young.
A) Compound; disjunction; $\vee$
B) Compound; biconditional; $\leftrightarrow$
C) Compound; conditional; $\rightarrow$
D) Compound; negation; $\sim$

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The statement is a compound statement because it connects two simpler statements ("The animal is a mammal" and "it nurses its young") with "if and only if," which is a biconditional logical connector, represented by the symbol $\leftrightarrow$.

Indicate Whether the Statement Is a Simple or a Compound ∨\vee∨

Indicate Whether the Statement Is a Simple or a Compound $\vee$