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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write a simple sentence and then write the negation. Imagine situations where each statement is true or false. How does the truth value (true or false) of the negation statement compare with the truth value of the original statement?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I do not know how to do this I turned 2 in for my teacher but he said I am not doing it right.. Can someone please help?? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #148806 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=148806\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Here's a simple statement: \"I went to the movies\". The reason it is a simple statement is that it is either true or false (but not both) and there's no confusion involved (ie I either went to the movies, or I'm lying)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now negate it by simply sticking a \"it is not the case that\" in front to get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"It is not the case that I went to the movies\". Normally, we don't talk like this, so we might say \"I did NOT go to the movies\", but the first way is usually how logic text books handle negations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So let's say that I didn't go to the movies. So the original simple statement \"I went to the movies\" is false. This would mean that the negated statement \"I did NOT go to the movies\" is true.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "On the other hand, if I did in fact go, then the simple statement \"I went to the movies\" is true while the negation \"I did NOT go to the movies\" is false (think of it as not not going, or a double negation). </SPAN>\n" );
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