Q24.
Question
Find a counterexample for each conditional statement.
If you go to the pool, you will get wet.
Step-by-Step Solution
Verified Answer
The Counterexample of the given Conditional Statement is “You will not wet because going to pool does not mean that you are going to swim”.
1Step 1. Given information.
The given Conditional Statement is “If you go to the pool, you will get wet”
2Step 2. Concept used.
If you swim, then you will get wet otherwise not
But
If you go to the pool, it does not mean that you are going to swim.
It means, it is not always true that if you go to the pool then you will get wet.
3Step 3. To find the Counterexample of the given statement.
The Counterexample of the given Conditional Statement is “You will not wet because going to pool does not mean that you are going to swim”.
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