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Which of the diagrams below represents the contrapositive of the statement "If it is a rectangle, then it is a quadrilateral"?

Which of the diagrams below represents the contrapositive of the statement "If-example-1
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Explanation:

For a contrapositive, we switch both the hypothesis and the conclusion and then negate them

Switch.

"If it is a quadrilateral, then it is a rectangle"

Negate

"If it is not a quadrilateral, then it is not a rectangle"

The picture on the left says if it is not a quadrilateral, then it belongs to the group of not rectangles

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