Question

The zero product property, says that if a product of two real numbers is 0, then one of the numbers must be 0.

a. Write this property formally using quantifiers and variables.
b. Write the contrapositive of your answer to part (a).
c. Write an informal version (without quantifier symbols or variables) for your answer to part (b).

Answer 1

The contrapositive of the zero product property is that if neither of the two real numbers is 0, then the product of the two numbers will not be 0. In plain language, this means that if neither of the two numbers are 0, then the product of the two numbers cannot be 0.

In an informal version, this can be stated as "if neither number is 0, then their product cannot be 0". This can be understood as "if neither number is 0, the result of multiplying them together cannot be 0". In other words, the product of two real numbers will not be 0 if neither of them is 0.