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 178: 48

Answer

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Work Step by Step

The sentence in "if...then" form is: If someone gets a speeding ticket, he or she did not observe the speed limit. The contrapositive of $p\rightarrow q$ is $\sim q\rightarrow \sim p$. The converse of $p\rightarrow q$ is $q \rightarrow p$. The inverse of $p\rightarrow q$ is $\sim p\rightarrow \sim q$. The negation of $ p\rightarrow q$ is $p\land \sim q$. Hence here the converse is: If someone he or she did not observe the speed limit, he or she gets a speeding ticket. The inverse: If someone doesn't get a speeding ticket, he or she did observe the speed limit. The contrapositive: If someone did observe the speed limit, he or she doesn't get a speeding ticket. The negation: Someone gets a speeding ticket and g observed the speed limit.
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