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==Problem== | ==Problem== | ||
| − | Ms. Carroll promised that anyone who got all the multiple choice questions right on the upcoming exam would receive an | + | Ms. Carroll promised that anyone who got all the multiple choice questions right on the upcoming exam would receive an A on the exam. Which one of these statements necessarily follows logically? |
<math>\textbf{(A)}\ \text{If Lewis did not receive an A, then he got all of the multiple choice questions wrong.}\\\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \text{If Lewis did not receive an A, then he got at least one of the multiple choice questions wrong.}\\\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{If Lewis got at least one of the multiple choice questions wrong, then he did not receive an A.}\\\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{If Lewis received an A, then he got all of the multiple choice questions right.}\\\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{If Lewis received an A, then he got at least one of the multiple choice questions right.}</math> | <math>\textbf{(A)}\ \text{If Lewis did not receive an A, then he got all of the multiple choice questions wrong.}\\\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \text{If Lewis did not receive an A, then he got at least one of the multiple choice questions wrong.}\\\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{If Lewis got at least one of the multiple choice questions wrong, then he did not receive an A.}\\\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{If Lewis received an A, then he got all of the multiple choice questions right.}\\\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{If Lewis received an A, then he got at least one of the multiple choice questions right.}</math> | ||
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Problem
Ms. Carroll promised that anyone who got all the multiple choice questions right on the upcoming exam would receive an A on the exam. Which one of these statements necessarily follows logically?
Solution
Rewriting the given statement: "if someone got all the multiple choice questions right on the upcoming exam then he or she would receive an A on the exam."
If that someone is Lewis the statement becomes: "if Lewis got all the multiple choice questions right, then he got an A on the exam."
The contrapositive: "If Lewis did not receive an A, then he got at least one of the multiple choice questions wrong (did not get all of them right)" must also be true leaving B as the correct answer. B is also equivalent to the contrapositive of the original statement, which implies that it must be true, so the answer is 
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- Note that Answer choice (B) is the contrapositive of the given statement. We know that contrapositive is always true if the given statement is true.
See Also
| 2017 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 5 |
Followed by Problem 7 | |
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| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
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