Write the negation of the following. Kanchanganga is in India and Everest is in Nepal.

QUESTION

Miscellaneous Exercise 1 | Q 4.1 | Page 32

Write the negation of the following.

Kanchanganga is in India and Everest is in Nepal.

SOLUTION

Let p : Kanchanganga is in India.
q : Everest is in Nepal.
The given statement is p ∧ q.

Its negation is ~(p ∧ q) ≡ ~ p ∨ ~ q.

The negation of a given statement is ‘Kanchanganga is not in India or Everest is not in Nepal’.