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To do this question you need to be really sure what the two symbols $\Rightarrow$ and $\Leftrightarrow$ mean.

$p\Rightarrow q$ essentially means that IF $p$ is True THEN $q$ is true.

$p\Leftrightarrow q$ means that $p$ is true if and only if $q$ is true.
This means that $p\Rightarrow q$ and $q\Rightarrow p$.
 

To get started, can you arrange these eight statements into two statements of the form $p\Rightarrow q$ and two statements of the form $p\Leftrightarrow q$?  Once you have done this, have a look at the remaining eight statements from the problem.

$x> 4$

$x=-2 $        $x> 1$        $x^2+4x+4 =0$

$x^3> 1$

$x^2+x-2=0$ $x> 2$ $x=1$