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Why is a set important?
The purpose of sets is to house a collection of related objects. They are important everywhere in mathematics because every field of mathematics uses or refers to sets in some way. They are important for building more complex mathematical structure.
What is the meaning of ordered pairs in math?
In mathematics, an ordered pair (a, b) is a pair of objects. The order in which the objects appear in the pair is significant: the ordered pair (a, b) is different from the ordered pair (b, a) unless a = b. Cartesian products and binary relations (and hence functions) are defined in terms of ordered pairs.
What is a line segment XY?
The end points are given letters for names. For. example, the line segment above with the letters X. and Y has two names, line segment XY or line. segment YX.
What does X is a necessary condition for y mean?
If we say that “x is a necessary condition for y,” we mean that if we don’t have x, then we won’t have y. Or put differently, without x, you won’t have y. To say that x is a necessary condition for y does not mean that x guarantees y. Some examples will help here.
What does if not X then not Y logically imply?
If X, then Y does not logically imply If NOT X, then NOT Y —We cannot say that if Willie’s ball hits the table then he will win the point. Conditional rules are just like game rules, with events that can be true “only if” something else is true, or “if” something else is true (to name just two examples of signals).
Is x = y if x = -3?
In the case that x and y are both 3 or -3, then the x=y part is true. However, if x = -3 and y = 3 (or vice versa), x is not equal to y. If x^2=y^2, x is not always equal to y so that statement would be considered false.
Is x^2=y^2 true or false?
If x^2=y^2, x is not always equal to y so that statement would be considered false. However, the statement “if x=y, then x^2=y^2” would be true. Why? For this question, I will assign x^2=81 for some clean numbers. y^2=81. Ok fair enough, right? Let’s take the square roots of both x^2 and y^2