Negation Exercise 2
Find the negation of the below statements: (Remember you have to negate the idea.)
11. A sufficient condition can never be a necessary condition.
12. A condition that is both necessary and sufficient is never satisfied.
13. Forests in the tropics are naturally deficient in nutrients that are needed to support the growth of plants that are not native to those regions
14. The rock in which the fossilized centipedes were found was formed from mud flats that were occasionally covered by river water.
15. No generalization that describes human behavior will be true of every type of human behavior.
16. Many businesses whose presence in the city is beneficial to the city’s taxpayers would relocate outside the city if public-transit fares were more expensive.
17. There are certain commonly performed actions for which no one performing those actions should ever be held morally responsible.
18. No adult should be held morally responsible for every action he or she performs.
19. All actions that cause unnecessary harm to others are unjust.
20. The animals with the smallest brains spend the most time sleeping.
ANSWERS
ANSWERS
11. A sufficient condition can be a necessary condition.
12. A condition that is both necessary and sufficient is sometimes satisfied.
13. Some forests in the tropics are not naturally deficient in nutrients that are needed to support the growth of plants that are not native to those regions
14. The rock in which the fossilized centipedes were found was not formed from mud flats that were occasionally covered by river water.
15. Some generalizations that describe human behavior will be true of every type of human behavior.
16. Not many businesses whose presence in the city is beneficial to the city’s taxpayers would relocate outside the city if public-transit fares were more expensive.
OR
Few businesses whose presence in the city is beneficial to the city’s taxpayers would relocate outside the city if public-transit fares were more expensive.
17. There are no commonly performed actions for which no one performing those actions should ever be held morally responsible.
18. Some adults should be held morally responsible for every action he or she performs.
19. Some actions that cause unnecessary harm to others are not unjust.
20. Some animals spend more time sleeping than animals with the smallest brains.