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Q.Write the negation of the quantified statement "∀x∈N, x+3>2\forall x \in \mathbb{N},\ x + 3 > 2", and state the truth value of the original statement.

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The statement is ∀x∈N, p(x)\forall x \in \mathbb{N},\ p(x) where p(x): x+3>2p(x):\ x + 3 > 2.

Negation. The negation of a universal statement swaps the quantifier to existential and negates the inner sentence: ∼(∀x∈N, x+3>2)≡∃x∈N, ∼(x+3>2)≡∃x∈N, x+3≤2.\sim\big(\forall x \in \mathbb{N},\ x + 3 > 2\big) \equiv \exists x \in \mathbb{N},\ \sim(x + 3 > 2) \equiv \exists x \in \mathbb{N},\ x + 3 \le 2. In words: "There exists a natural number xx such that x+3≤2x + 3 \le 2."

Truth value of the original. The natural numbers are 1,2,3,…1, 2, 3, \ldots The smallest is x=1x = 1, giving x+3=4>2x + 3 = 4 > 2; for every larger xx the sum is even bigger. So x+3>2x + 3 > 2 holds for every x∈Nx \in \mathbb{N}, and the original universal statement is True. …

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