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The statement "If A, then B" can best be described as

• A. If A is true, then B must be true.
O B. If Ais false, then B must be false.
• C. If A is false, then B might be false.
• D. If A is true, then B might be true.

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Answer:

D

Explanation:

This is called "implication". So if A (is true), then B MUST be true. If B is false, the implication is false. In all other cases, the implication is true. Suppose A is false, then it doesn't matter what B is, the implication is true, since we don't care what B is.

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