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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please help, what is a conditional statement for : If it has 4 legs, then it is a horse.

zepdrix (zepdrix):

What do you mean by, "a conditional statement for" ? Are you looking for a way to either prove or disprove this statement?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes, I think it is : If it is a horse, then it has 4 legs. but not sure

zepdrix (zepdrix):

That would be the `converse` of the original statement :) Make sure you understand that the original statement is already a conditional statement. So I'm not sure what you're asking for. The directions don't make sense.

zepdrix (zepdrix):

If you wanted to disprove the statement, you could say something as simple as, "A cat has 4 legs, but it is not a horse"

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay thank you

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Let me review to you the simplest system in hacking these definitions in your head Converse- Its conditional statement is swapped Inverse- Not swapped but negated Contrapositive- is both swapped and negated

OpenStudy (jchick):

A conditional statement, symbolized by p q, is an if-then statement in which p is a hypothesis and q is a conclusion. The logical connector in a conditional statement is denoted by the symbol . The conditional is defined to be true unless a true hypothesis leads to a false conclusion. So yes they are looking to disprove this.

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