Daily Drills 25 - Section 25 - Question 3

P: A → not BP: C → XP: not C → BC: ?

conordownie12 April 15, 2019

How is not x - not a different

How does (not x - not a) differ from (x-a)? For if it's (not x - not a) then not cancels out. Thus if you have x you must have a.

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Ravi April 16, 2019

@conordownie12,

Happy to help.

Not X - >Not A and X - >A are completely different statements, and they
do differ. Here's how:

Not X - >Not A can also be written as A - >X, which is its contrapositive.

A - >X is a logically equivalent statement to Not X - >Not A since it's
its contrapositive.

A - >X and X - >A are totally different things. They have each other's
sufficient and necessary conditions switched, so they do not mean the
same thing. This is why Not X - >Not A and X - >A are different
statements and don't mean the same thing.

Does this make sense? Let us know if you have any other questions!