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Q.The negation of the statement p→qp \rightarrow q is:

(a) ∼p→∼q\sim p \rightarrow \sim q
(b) p∧∼qp \wedge \sim q
(c) ∼p∨q\sim p \vee q
(d) q→pq \rightarrow p
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Start from the equivalence p→q≡∼p∨qp \rightarrow q \equiv \sim p \vee q. Negating both sides and applying De Morgan: ∼(p→q)≡∼(∼p∨q)≡∼(∼p)∧∼q≡p∧∼q.\sim(p \rightarrow q) \equiv \sim(\sim p \vee q) \equiv \sim(\sim p) \wedge \sim q \equiv p \wedge \sim q. So the negation is p∧∼qp \wedge \sim q — option (b).

Checking the options. (a) ∼p→∼q\sim p \rightarrow \sim q is the inverse of the conditional, not its negation. (c) ∼p∨q\sim p \vee q is the conditional itself (≡p→q\equiv p \rightarrow q), not its negation. (d) q→pq \rightarrow p is the converse. Only (b) is the true negation. …

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