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OpenStudy (anonymous):

If a and b are odd integers, then a • b is an odd integer. Which is the contrapositive of the statement?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@SithsAndGiggles

OpenStudy (debbieg):

If P -> Q then notQ -> not P. So here: if a(b) is even, then at least one of a or b is even.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The contrapositive of \(p\to q\) is \(\neg~q\to\neg~ p\). You can think of it as the converse of the inverse.

OpenStudy (debbieg):

Actually looking at it again, mine not be technically specific enough. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to say: If a(b) is NOT an odd integer, then a and b are not both odd integers. The way I said it first sort of assumes that a and b are integers but I don't know that that's implied by anything.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so it would be... the one that debbie said right? @SithsAndGiggles

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yep

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