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Introduction of Validating Statements

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Topics

  • Validating the Statements Involving the Connecting Words
  • statement with and”
  • Statements with “or”
  • “Implies”
  • “Implied by”
  • Statements with “If then” 
  • Statements with “if and only if”

Notes

Rule 1- If p and q are mathematical statements, then in order to show that the statement “p and q” is true, the following steps are followed.

Step-1 Show that the statement p is true.
Step-2 Show that the statement q is true.

Rule 2 -  Statements with “Or”
If p and q are mathematical statements , then in order to show that the statement “p or q” is true, one must consider the following.

Case 1 - By assuming that  p is false, show that q must be true.
Case 2 -By assuming that q is false,  show that p must be true.

Rule 3- Statements with “If-then”
In order to prove the statement “if p then q” we need to show that any one of the following case is true.

Case 1- By assuming that p is true, prove that q must be true.(Direct method)
Case 2 - By assuming that q is false, prove that p must be false.(Contrapositive method)

Rule 4 - Statements with “if and only if ” 
In order to prove the statement “p if and only if q”, we need to show. 
(i)  If p is true, then q is true and   (ii)  If q is true, then p is true 
Now we consider some examples.

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