Question
The CORRECT formula for the sentence, "not all rainy days are cold" is
Official answer and solution
- Official answer
- D
- From
- Official GATE 2014 answer key
Solution
Formulate the universal statement in first-order logic and negate it using standard equivalences.
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Let represent a day from the domain of all days.
- : "day is rainy"
- : "day is cold"
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The statement "All rainy days are cold" is formalized as:
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The sentence "Not all rainy days are cold" is the direct logical negation:
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Apply Quantifier and Implication Negation:
- Negating the universal quantifier yields an existential quantifier:
- Since , its negation is :
- Negating the universal quantifier yields an existential quantifier:
This corresponds exactly to option D.
D
Translating 'not all' as 'all days are not cold' (universal quantifier with negation, option A).
The answer is the one in the official GATE answer key. The solution is this site's own explanation.
Source
- Paper
- GATE 2014 Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) Session 3
- Question
- 63 of 65, printed as CS Q.53
- Section
- Computer Science and Information Technology
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