Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Logic - 3.6 Negations of Conditional Statements and De Morgan's Law - Exercise Set 3.6 - Page 179: 67

Answer

The negation of “If one man leads, another must follow. How silly that is and how false!” The provided statement is conditional and the negation of the conditional statement is unchanged antecedent, changed the “if-then” connective to “and” and negate the consequent. The negation of the statement is “one man leads and another man not follow.” Hence, the provided statement makes sense.
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