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Given the statement "If I have the disease, then I will test positive." Show all work. (Discrete Mathematics)

a) Write the converse.

b) Write the inverse.

c) Write the contrapositive.

d) Write the statement as a disjunction.

e) Write the negation.

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Answer:

a) if I test positive, then I will have the disease

b) if I don't have the disease, then I won't test positive

c) if I don't test positive, then I won't have the disease

d) either I don't have the disease or I will test positive

e) I have the disease and I won't test positive.

Explanation:

Having the statement: if m, then n.

a) the converse will be:

if n, then m.

m= I have the disease

n= I (will) test positive.

converse: if I test positive, then I (will) have the disease.

(It doesn't have to be true always).

b) the inverse will be:

if not m, then not n.

inverse: if I don't have the disease, I won't test positive.

c) the contrapositive will be:

if not n, then no m.

contrapositive: if I don't test positive, then I (will) not have the disease.

(It doesn't have to be true always).

d) disjunction:

We can rewrite if m, then n as: m⇒n, the disjunction will be:

m⇒n ≡ ¬m ∨ n (not m or n).

disjunction: either I don't have the disease or I will test positive.

e) negation:

the negation of m⇒n is ¬(m⇒n) ≡ ¬(¬m ∨ n) ≡ m∧¬n.

negation: I have the disease and I won't test positive.

I have the disease but I won't test positive.

(this is the only statement completely false).

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