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Mathematical Reasoning
MATHEMATICAL REASONING NEGATION OF A STATEMENT The denial of a statement is called the negation of the statement >> ~ p denotes the negation or denial of p. Let us consider the statement: It is not the case that New Delhi is a city This can also be written as It is false that New Delhi is a city. This can simply be expressed as New Delhi is not a city. p: New Delhi is a city The negation of this statement is
MATHEMATICAL REASONING Question Write the negation of each of the following statements in two different ways. (i) Africa is a continent. (ii) 5 is rational. (iii) All integers are rational numbers. (iv) Some prime numbers are odd numbers. (v) Everyone in Germany speaks German.