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Need Help Memorizing Contrapositives!

Post by stupidcha » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:41 pm

My brain is going mush from all the studying. This is what I did in a problem moments ago. Pg 208 in LGB

K -> X
then
X -> K

This is wrong I believe. I don't know why though...

So if ~X, then ~K?

Thus B? answer turns out to be A and I understand the reasoning behind it but my brain seems to like to do the problem like the way shown above.

Does anyone have an easy way to remember these contrapositives? Seems like they aren't really sticking with me.
Thank you!

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Re: Need Help Memorizing Contrapositives!

Post by Ruxin1 » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:42 pm

stupidcha wrote:My brain is going mush from all the studying. This is what I did in a problem moments ago. Pg 208 in LGB

K -> X
then
X -> K

This is wrong I believe. I don't know why though...

So if ~X, then ~K?

Thus B? answer turns out to be A and I understand the reasoning behind it but my brain seems to like to do the problem like the way shown above.

Does anyone have an easy way to remember these contrapositives? Seems like they aren't really sticking with me.
Thank you!
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Re: Need Help Memorizing Contrapositives!

Post by stupidcha » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:51 pm

wait what? flame? hmm...

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Re: Need Help Memorizing Contrapositives!

Post by minnbills » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:54 pm

Well flame or not here you go:

Just flip and negate.

If A, then B

becomes

If not B, then not A

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Re: Need Help Memorizing Contrapositives!

Post by cking2014 » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:57 pm

A -> B

contrapositive:

~B -> ~A

just flip and negate each side, best way to remember!!

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