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True or false? If you took a true "if-then" statement and reversed the clauses, the new statement would also be true

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That's false.

Here's a counter-example:

If an animal is a dog, then it has four legs. This is true.
but
If an animal has four legs, then it is a dog. This is not necessarily true.


Another one:

If a shape is a square, then it has four sides. Always true.
but
If a shape has four sides, then it is a square. Usually not true.


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