Write the negation of the following statements and check whether the resulting statements are true,
(i) There does not exist a quadrilateral which has all its sides equal.
(ii) The sum of 3 and 4 is 9.
(iii) Australia is a continent.
(iv) Every natural number is greater than 0.
(i) The negation of the statement is:
It is not the case that there does not exist a quadrilateral which has all its sides equal.
Or
There exists a quadrilateral which has all its sides equal.
This statement is true because a square is a quadrilateral having all sides equal.
(ii) The negation of the statement is:
It is false that the sum of 3 and 4 is 9
Or
The sum of 3 and 4 is not equal to 9.
This statement is true because sum of 3 and 4 is 7 which is not equal to 9.
(iii) The negation of the statement is:
It is false that Australia is a continent. Or
Australia is not a continent.
This statement is false because Australia is a continent.
(iv) The negation of the statement is:
It is false that every natural number is greater than 0. Or
There exists a natural number which is not greater than 0.
This statement is false because every natural number is greater than 0.
Write the negation of the following statements:
(i) p : For every positive real number x, the number x-1 is also positive.
(ii) q : All cats scratch.
(iii) r : For every real number x, either x > 1 or x< 1.
(iv) s : There exists a number x such that 0 < x < 1.
Write the negation of the following statements:
(i) New Delhi is a city.
(ii) The sky is blue.
(iii) The sum of the angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles.
(iv) Kavita is a hard working girl.
(v) Two plus two is equal to 6.
Write the negation of the following statements.
(i) p : For every real number x, x2 > x.
(ii) q : There exists a rational number x such that x2 = 2
(iii) r : All birds have wings.
(iv) s : All students study Mathematics at the elementary level.