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Exercises in Arguments

This document provides 14 exercises involving writing out logical implications and completing arguments using conditional/biconditional statements. The exercises involve stating converses of implications, writing implications based on given statements, and completing premises and conclusions of arguments using logical reasoning.

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Exercises in Arguments

This document provides 14 exercises involving writing out logical implications and completing arguments using conditional/biconditional statements. The exercises involve stating converses of implications, writing implications based on given statements, and completing premises and conclusions of arguments using logical reasoning.

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Exercises

1. State the converse of the following statement and hence, determine whether its converse is true or
false.
If x > 7, then x > 4

2. State the converse of the following statement and hence state whether the converse is true or false.

If x > 9, then x > 5

3. Write down two implications based on the following sentence.

A ⊂ B if and only if A ∩B = A’

4. Write down two implications based on the following statement:

p3 = 8 if and only if p = 2
5. Write down two implications based on the following sentence:

x is an even number if and only if only if x can be divided by 2

6. Write down Premise 2 to complete the following argument :

Premise 1 : If y is less than zero, then y is a negative number.

Premise 2 : ______________________________________________

Conclusion : –2 is a negative number.

7. Complete the following argument .

Premise 1 : All factors of 12 are factors of 24.

Premise 2 : 3 is a factor of 12.

Conclusion : _____________________________________________

8. Complete the premise in the following argument:

Premise 1 : If the determinant of a matrix = 0, then the matrix does not have an inverse.

Premise 2 : _____________________________________________

Conclusion :Matrix A does not have an inverse.

9. Complete the premise in the following argument:

Premise 1 :______________________________________________

Premise 2 : x ≠ 3

Conclusion : x ≠ 9
10. Write down premise 1 to complete the following argument.

Premise 1 :_______________________________________________

Premise 2 : 6 x p ≠ 42

Conclusion : p ≠ 7

11.Complete the following argument.

Premise 1 : If p is a positive integer, then 4p is a multiple of 2.

Premise 2 : ______________________________________________

Conclusion : 4p is a multiple of 2

12.Complete the following argument.

Premise 1 : if y > 3, then 5y > 15.


Premise 2 : 5y > 15.
Conclusion :______________________________________________

13.Write down Premise 2 to complete the following argument:

Premise 1 : If x is greater than zero, then x is a positive number.

Premise 2 : _____________________________________________

Conclusion : 6 is a positive number.

14.Complete the premise in the following argument:

Premise 1 : If set K is a subset of set L, then K ∪ L = L.


Premise 2 : ___________________________________

Conclusion : Set K is not a subset of set L.

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