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A conditional statement is true if, and only if, its contrapositive is true.
It is an if and only if (often shortened to iff) is usually written as p <=> q. This is also known as Equivalence. If you have a conditional p => q and it's converse q => p we can then connect them with an & we have: p => q & q => p. So, in essence, Equivalence is just a shortened version of p => q & q => p .
No.
It may or may not be true.
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A biconditional is the conjunction of a conditional statement and its converse.
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The true biconditional statement that can be formed is: "A number is even if and only if it is divisible by 2." This statement combines both the original conditional ("If a number is divisible by 2, then it is even") and its converse ("If a number is even, then it is divisible by 2"), establishing that the two conditions are equivalent.
No, the conditional statement and its converse are not negations of each other. A conditional statement has the form "If P, then Q," while its converse is "If Q, then P." The negation of a conditional statement would be "P is true and Q is false," which is distinct from the converse. Thus, they represent different logical relationships.
The statement is false. The conditional statement "If P, then Q" and its converse "If Q, then P" are distinct statements, but the negation of the converse would be "It is not the case that if Q, then P." Thus, the conditional and the negation of the converse are not equivalent or directly related.
A conditional statement is true if, and only if, its contrapositive is true.
This is not always true.
No. Consider the statement "If I'm alive, then I'm not dead." That statement is true. The converse is "If I'm not dead, then I'm alive.", which is also true.
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A true conditional statement is "If it is raining, then the ground is wet." This statement is true because rain typically causes the ground to become wet. However, its converse, "If the ground is wet, then it is raining," is false because the ground could be wet for other reasons, such as someone watering the garden.
Converses of a true if-then statement can be true sometimes. For example, you might have "If today is Friday, then tomorrow is Saturday," and "If tomorrow is Saturday, then today is Friday." Both the above conditional statement and its converse are true. However, sometimes a converse can be false, such as: "If an animal is a fish, then it can swim." and "If an animal can swim, it is a fish." The converse is not true, as some animals that can swim (such as otters) are not fish.