What would the negation of these two statements be? I need to negate these two statements and I bel

grenivkah3z

grenivkah3z

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2022-07-04

What would the negation of these two statements be?
I need to negate these two statements and I believe that I have the quantifiers correct, but I'm not completely sure how to negate the math statements. I think I would keep the equations before the equal signs the same but I'm still unsure how to negate the last parts.
Here are the statements I want to negate:
Statement 1:
x , y R 0 , 9 x 2 + y 2 3 x + y .
Statement 2:
x R 0 , 25 x 2 + 9 = 5 x + 3.

Answer & Explanation

Ashley Parks

Ashley Parks

Beginner2022-07-05Added 11 answers

Step 1
The negation of "There are x such that blah happens" is "There aren't any x such that blah happens" or in other words "For all x blah doesn't happen". SO the negation of k , P ( k ) would be k , ¬ P ( k ).
So the negation of "There exists some x , y R 0 so that 9 x 2 + y 2 3 x + y would be "For every x , y R 0 it will not be true that 9 x 2 + y 2 3 x + y. Now the negation of M N is, of course, M = N. So the negation of x , y R 0 , 9 x 2 + y 2 3 x + y would be x , y R 0 9 x 2 + y 2 = 3 x + y (Obviously not true by the way).
Negating "For all x, blah happens" is similar. The negation is "It is not always the case that for x, blah happens" or in other words, "there is some x where blah doesn't happen". So the negation of k , P ( k ) wolud be k , ¬ P ( k ).
Step 2
Which means the negation of x R 0 , 25 x 2 + 9 = 5 x + 3 is x R 0 , 25 x 2 + 9 5 x + 3. (Obviously true by the way).
You should have ¬ ( k , P ( x ) ) k , ¬ P ( k ) and ¬ ( k , P ( k ) ) k , ¬ P ( k ) tatooed on your forehead. I did.
ScommaMaruj

ScommaMaruj

Beginner2022-07-06Added 5 answers

Step 1
To negate this, just negate each part of it. Universal quantifiers become existential quantifiers, existential become universal, equality becomes non-equality. So applied to your statements you have that the negation of statement 1 is
x , y R 0 : 9 x 2 + y 2 = 3 x + y .
Step 2
Notice what this actually says. Your original statement says that 9 x 2 + y 2 are not always equal, as there are some x , y R 0 for which it does not hold. Therefore the negation is naturally that they are equal for all x , y R 0 . In much the same way the negation of the second statement is x R 0 : 25 x 2 + 9 5 x + 3.

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