Question

Which of the following is the contrapositive of the statement "If I can afford the airfare, then I will purchase a nonstop flight"?

Answer 1

The contrapositive is "If I will not purchase a nonstop flight, I cannot afford the airfare".

Answer 2

I will not purchase a nonstop flight, as I cannot afford the airfare.

Explanation:

A contrapositive statement is a conditional statement which interchange the hypothesis and conclusion of the inverse statement.

So if 'All P is All Q', then, the contrapositive statement becomes 'Not all Q is Not All P'

That is it can be interpreted as if P implies Q, then not Q will imply not P.

So, the given statement is:

If I can afford the airfare, then I will purchase a nonstop flight

Contrapositive statement:

I will not purchase a nonstop flight, as I cannot afford the airfare.