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Exercise 5 (Chapter Review)

Avg difficulty 2.5

Write the negation, converse and contrapositive for each of the statements below.

  1. If the power goes off, then the food will spoil.

  2. If the door is closed, then the light is off.

  3. ∀x(x<1→x2<1)\forall x (x \lt 1 \imp x^2 \lt 1).
  4. For all natural numbers nn, if nn is prime, then nn is solitary.

  5. For all functions ff, if ff is differentiable, then ff is continuous.

  6. For all integers aa and bb, if a⋅ba\cdot b is even, then aa and bb are even.

  7. For every integer xx and every integer yy there is an integer nn such that if x>0x > 0 then nx>ynx > y.

  8. For all real numbers xx and yy, if xy=0xy = 0 then x=0x = 0 or y=0y = 0.

  9. For every student in Math 228, if they do not understand implications, then they will fail the exam.

Levin, Discrete Mathematics: An Open Introduction (3rd ed.), §4.3 Chapter Summary, Chapter Review, Exercise 5

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