Read the following statements: Statement 1: If it is a triangle, then it has three sides. Statement 2: If it doe

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Read the following statements:

Statement 1: If it is a triangle, then it has three sides.
Statement 2: If it does not have three sides, then it is not a triangle.

Are the two statements logically equivalent?

Ladonna · Answer

The    two statements    'if it is a triangle, then it has    three sides    and If it does not have three sides, then    it is not a triangle    is    logically equivalent      Logical equivalence of sentence  A sentence is logically equivalent if the two sentences are true in exactly the  same circumstances  or false in  exactly  the  same circumstances.       From the question we have two statements    Statement 1 : If it is a triangle, then it has three sides.   Statement 2 : If it does not have three sides, then it is not a triangle.    Since a triangle only have 3 sides and any contradiction makes the statement false, hence we can conclude that the  two statements  'if it is a triangle, then it has  three sides  and If it does not have three sides, then  it is not a triangle  is  logically equivalent   Learn more on  logical equivalence  here: https://brainly.com/question/13419766  #SPJ1

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