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Question
State the converse and contrapositive of each of the following statements:
q: I go to a beach whenever it is a sunny day.
Solution
The given statement can be written as follows.
If it is a sunny day, then I go to a beach.
The converse of the statement is as follows.
If I go to a beach, then it is a sunny day.
The contrapositive of the statement is as follows.
If I do not go to a beach, then it is not a sunny day.
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