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The negation of the statement: "Getting above 95% marks is necessary condition for Hema to get the admission is good college"

Updated On: May 5, 2024
  • Hema gets above 95% marks but she does not get the admission in good college
  • Hema does not get above 95% marks and she gets admission in good college
  • If Hema does not get above 95% marks then she will not get the admission in good college.
  • Hema does not get above 95% marks or she gets the admission in good college.
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The Correct Option is B

Solution and Explanation

We have,
Getting above $95 \%$ marks is necessary condition for Hema to get the admission in good college.
Here, $p$ : Hema get the admission in good college
$q:$ Hema gets above $95 \%$ marks
We know symbolic form of
$q$ is necessary condition for $p$ is
$p \rightarrow q $
Negation of $(p \rightarrow q)$ is $(p \wedge \sim q)$
or $(\sim q \wedge p) $
$\therefore$ Negation of the above statement is Hema does not get above $95 \%$ marks and she gets admission in good college.
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To discuss: When a statement is true. To answer this question, one must answer all the following questions. What does the statement mean to say ‘when this statement is true' and 'when this statement is not true? The answer to these questions entirely depends upon which of the special words and phrases “and”, “or”, and which of the implications “if and only”, “if-then”, and which of the quantifiers “there exists”, “for every”, seems in the given statement. Here, we shall be discussing some techniques to find when a statement is valid.

The list of some general rules for checking whether a statement is true or not.

Rule 1 - If p and q are mathematical statements, then in order to show that the statement “p and q” is true, the stated steps should be followed.

Rule 2 - Statements with “Or”.

Rule 3 - Statements with “If-then”.

Rule 4 - Statements with “if and only if ”.