What is the contrapositive of the statement below? х =y O A. X=- B. y = -x С. y = X D. -* -

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What is the contrapositive of the statement below?

х =y
O A. X=-
B. y = -x
С. y = X
D. -* -

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Answer:

$\lnot y\Rightarrow \lnot x$

Explanation:

This is the definition of the contrapositive of an implication.

If you draw out the truth tables for each implication, you will see that those two implications are logically equivalent.

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