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Friday, May 6, 2011
What is a biconditional statement?
Define a biconditional statement and provide an example of a biconditional statement. Also, use symbolic notation to represent your hypothesis and conclusion.
A statement that contains the words "if and only if" (iff) and is equivalent to writing a statement combining a conditional statement and its converse. "Ex. He will be president if and only if he wins the presidential election."
a statement that contains the phrase "if and only if" to combine a hypothesis and a conclusion. example: You will pass the class if and only if you do your homework. symbolic notation:~p->~q
A biconditional statement contains the words "if and only if". There are no exceptions to these statements. If they are proven wrong, they are untrue. The symbolic notation would be p -> q, with p as the hypothesis and q as the conclusion.
A statement that contains the words "if and only if" (iff) and is equivalent to writing a statement combining a conditional statement and its converse.
ReplyDelete"Ex. He will be president if and only if he wins the presidential election."
Robert, you forgot the symbolic notation!
ReplyDeletea statement that contains the phrase "if and only if" to combine a hypothesis and a conclusion.
ReplyDeleteexample: You will pass the class if and only if you do your homework.
symbolic notation:~p->~q
Mireya, your symbolic notation does not represent your conditional statement, it states "if you don't pass the class then you don't do your homework."
ReplyDeleteA biconditional statement contains the words "if and only if". There are no exceptions to these statements. If they are proven wrong, they are untrue. The symbolic notation would be p -> q, with p as the hypothesis and q as the conclusion.
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