Question

Consider the conditional statement, "If you water the plants, they bloom." Which statement is the inverse of this statement? If you water the plants, they do not bloom If the plants bloom, you water them. If the plants do not bloom, you do not water themIf you do not water the plants, they do not bloom

Answer 1

Logical connectors

"If you water the plants, they bloom."

This statement can be understood under this representation

p ⇒ q, where p means "you water the plants", ⇒ means "then" and q means "they bloom"

We know that the inverse is

¬p ⇒ ¬q, where ¬p means "you do not water the plants", ⇒ means "then" and q means "they do not bloom"

Answer: If you do not water the plants, they do not bloom​