Let p and q represent the following statements.
p: There are 33 books in the New Testament.
q: H2O is the chemical symbol for carbon dioxide.
Express the following statement symbolically.
There are not 33 books in the New Testament.
Solution:-
The negation of a statement is a statement that has a meaning that is opposite that of the original meaning.
The statement is the negation of the statement p.
The negation of a statement is expressed by writing the symbol “ ~ “ before the letter representing the statement. Therefore, the statement is expressed symbolically as ~p.