Question

Substitute each variable to determine whether the inequality statement is true or false 16>f if f=17

Answer 1

Answer: The statement is false.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have the statement:

(16 > f) if  f = 17

In this case:

f = 17 is the hypothesis.

16 > f is the conclusion.

Then assuming that the hypothesis is true, we need to check if the conclusion is also true.

Then:

16 > f  means "16 is larger than f"

Now let's assume that the hypothesis is true, then f = 17, and we can replace this in the inequality above, now we get:

16 > 17

This says "16 is larger than 17"

This is clearly false, then when the hypothesis is true, the conclusion is false.

This means that the statement:

" 16>f if f=17 "

is false.