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Mathematics As A Language

The document discusses mathematics as a language. It defines a statement as a declarative sentence that is either true or false but not both, with no ambiguity. There are three types of statements: 1) Universal statements say a property is true for all elements, 2) Conditional statements say if one thing is true then something else must be true, and 3) Existential statements say there is at least one thing for which a property is true. Examples of each type are provided.

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Mathematics As A Language

The document discusses mathematics as a language. It defines a statement as a declarative sentence that is either true or false but not both, with no ambiguity. There are three types of statements: 1) Universal statements say a property is true for all elements, 2) Conditional statements say if one thing is true then something else must be true, and 3) Existential statements say there is at least one thing for which a property is true. Examples of each type are provided.

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College of Engineering and Architecture

Civil Engineering Department


Brgy. Bajumpandan, Dumaguete City

GE 4 – Mathematics in the Modern World


Section H (MWF 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.)

ASSIGNMENT #2:
MATHEMATICS AS A LANGUAGE

James Aeron Tubat


Student

Mr. Mark Anthony Undangan


Instructor

March 17, 2023


What is a Statement?

 Statement is a declarative sentence that is either true or false but not both. A statement is

sometimes called a proposition. The key is that there must be no ambiguity. To be a

statement, a sentence must be true or false, and it cannot be both. So a sentence such as

“The sky is beautiful” is not a statement since whether the sentence is true or not is a

matter of opinion. A question such as “Is it raining?” is not a statement because it is a

question and is not declaring or asserting that something is true.

Some sentences that are mathematical in nature often are not statements because

we may not know precisely what a variable represents. For example, the equation 2 x +5

= 10 is not a statement since we do not know what x represents. If we substitute a

specific value for x (such as x = 3), then the resulting equation, 2 ⋅ 3 +5 = 10 is a

statement (which is a false statement).

What are the three types of statement?

1. Universal Statement

 It says that a certain property is true for all elements.

 Uses the quantifiers “all”, “every”, and “each”.

Examples:

1.1 All positive numbers are greater than zero.

1.2 All negative numbers are less than zero.


2. Conditional Statement

 It says that if one thing is true then some other thing is also has to be true.

 It can be written in the form “If P then Q ,” where P and Q are sentences. For

this conditional statement, P is called the hypothesis and Q is called the

conclusion.

Examples:

2.1 If 180 is divisible by 30, then 180 is divisible by 12

2.2 If x is a cat, then x is an animal.

3. Existential Statement

 It says that there is at least one thing for which the property is true.

Examples:

3.1 There is a positive number that its square is equal to itself.

3.2 There is a number with a property that doubling it and adding 3 gives the same result as

squaring it.

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