What is the converse of the statement "if a then b"?

Question

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Answer 1

The converse of "If a, then b" is "If b, then a."

The converse of a statement is independent of a statement itself; that is, given the two statements "If a, then b," and "If b, then a," they could either be both true, or both false, or one true and one false.

On a side note, the "contrapositive" of "If a, then b" is "If not b, then not a." These two statements are always either both true or both false.

Answer 2

The converse of the statement "if a then b" is "if b then a".

The converse of a conditional statement is formed by interchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of the original statement.

In other words, the parts of the sentence change places.
The words "if" and "then" do not move.

Other example:

Conditional: "If the space shuttle was launched, then a cloud of smoke was seen."

Converse: "If a cloud of smoke was seen, then the space shuttle was launched."


I hope that it is clear now.

All the best.

Answer 3

The converse of "if a, then b" is "if b, then a",
but it must be remembered that they may not
imply the same thing. Depending on the situation,
the converse may be true or false.

Answer 4

If NOT A then B

AIB . .A => B. . I NOT (A =>B)
_____________I__________
SIS. . I. . S. . . I . . . . . . . .F
SIF. . I . .F. . . .I. . . . . . . . S
FIS. . I. . S. . . .I. . . . . . . . F
FIF. . I . .S. . . .I. . . . . . . . F