Problem

1. Given the statement: "If a student takes biology, then she is taking science." (5 marks) a) Write the inverse of the statement. Is this statement true? (If the statement is false, provide a counterexample.)

Solution

Step 1 :Given the statement: 'If a student takes biology, then she is taking science.'

Step 2 :Let P = 'a student takes biology' and Q = 'she is taking science'.

Step 3 :The inverse of the statement is 'If not P, then not Q'.

Step 4 :Substitute P and Q: 'If a student does not take biology, then she is not taking science.'

Step 5 :\(\boxed{\text{This statement is not necessarily true.}}\)

Step 6 :Counterexample: A student taking physics or chemistry, which are also science subjects, but not taking biology.

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