Question

Fanny said, “You cannot skate if you do not have a sense of balance.”

Which of the following is the converse of Fanny’s statement?

If you do not have a sense of balance, then you cannot skate.

If you can skate, then you have a sense of balance.

If you have a sense of balance, then you can skate.

If you cannot skate, then you do not have a sense of balance.

Answer 1

is it A?

Answer 2

confusing because your original statement is not in the form "if P then Q"

Answer 3

first rewrite it as " if you do not have a sense of balance, then you cannot skate"

Answer 4

now it is in the form "if P then Q"
converse is "if Q then P" so converse of "if you do not have a sense of balance, then you cannot skate" is

"if you cannot skate, then you do not have a sense of balance"

Answer 5

does it have to be though, i mean the question came like that, so i looked up what a converse was and it showed me that they just switched it so i thought it was A.

Answer 6

no your original statement "you cannot skate if you do not have a sense of balance" is exactly the same as "if you do not have a sense of balance, then you cannot skate"
they are identical, just phrased differently

Answer 7

notice where the "if" is in the statement
""you cannot skate IF you do not have a sense of balance""

Answer 8

so the premise of you statement is " you do not have a sense of balance" and the conclusion is
"you cannot skate"

Answer 9

it is an english language feature that you can write the "if" part second

Answer 10

hmm, its not. I see your point. Thanks.

Answer 11

yw