Concept explainers
To write the contrapositive of the statement.
Answer to Problem 11STP
If a figure is not a parallelogram, then the figure is not a square.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The given statement is
“If a figure is square, then the figure is parallelogram”.
Calculation:
A conditional is a statement can be written in the form “if
The contrapositive is the statement formed by both exchanging and negating the hypothesis and conclusion. In symbols, it is
Hence, the contrapositive of the statement, “if a figure is a square, then the figure is a parallelogram”, is “if a figure is not a parallelogram, then the figure is not a square”.
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