Conditional Statements and Logic Symbols

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What is a Conditional Statement?

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A statement that can be written in the form 'If p, then q', where p is the hypothesis and q is the conclusion.

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What is the Contrapositive of a statement?

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The contrapositive of a conditional statement 'If p, then q' is 'If not q, then not p'.

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What is the Inverse of a statement?

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The inverse of a conditional statement 'If p, then q' is 'If not p, then not q'.

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What is the Converse of a statement?

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The converse of a conditional statement 'If p, then q' is 'If q, then p'.

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What does the symbol ∨ mean?

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The symbol ∨ means 'or' in logic.

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What does the symbol ∧ mean?

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The symbol ∧ means 'and' in logic.

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What does the symbol → mean?

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The symbol → means 'implies' or 'if...then' in logic.

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What does the symbol ¬ mean?

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The symbol ¬ means 'not' in logic.

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What is the logical expression for 'p and q'?

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What is the logical expression for 'p or q'?

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