The statement listed below is false. Let p represent the statement p Some person

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The statement listed below is false. Let p represent the statement p Some person said that salors were superstitious Express the symbolic statement-p in words. What can be concluded aboutthe resulting verbal statement? In words, the symbolic statement pis O A. Sailors do not believe in religion O B. Some person did not say that sailors were superstitious O C. Sailors beleved in superstition. O D. Some person beleved that saiors were superstitious What can you conclude about the resuring verbal statement? o A. The fesulting verbal statement is false because it is a negation of the intial statement. B. The resulting verbal statement is true because pis false: C. The resulting verbal statement is the quantified statement of the initial verbal statement O D. The resuring verbal statement is equivalent to the initial verbal statement. lick to select your answer

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1. p is "Some person said that sailors are superstitious" is false

In words, the symbolic statement is

B. Some person did not say that sailors are superstitious

What can you conclude about the resulting verbal statement?

Note that since p is true, ~p is false.

B. The resulting verbal statement is true because p is false.

p: "No plane can fly faster than 400 miles per hour" is false.

~p can be expressed in words as

B. Some planes can fly faster than 400 miles per hour.

What can you conclude about the resulting verbal statement?

Since p is false, ~p is true. So the answer is

C. The resulting statement is true.

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