Question

What is the converse of the statement? "If x - 2 = 5, then x = 7"

Answer 1

ANSWER

"If x=7, then x - 2 = 5"

EXPLANATION

Let

$p \to \: q$

be a propositional statement.

The converse of this statement is

$q \to \: p$

In other words, the converse of the statement,

"If p then q" is "If q, then p"

The given given conditional statement is

"If x - 2 = 5, then x = 7"

Therefore the converse is

"If x=7, then x - 2 = 5"