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The negation to the statement "If you are wearing a hat, you are a baseball fan," would be: "If you are not wearing a hat, you are not a baseball fan."

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The negation to the statement

"If you are wearing a hat, you are a baseball fan," would be:

"If you are not wearing a hat, you are not a baseball fan."

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Solution

The given negation is incorrect.

Correct Explanation of Negation

  1. Original Statement: "If you are wearing a hat, you are a baseball fan." This can be symbolically represented as P    Q P \implies Q , where:

    • P P : "You are wearing a hat."
    • Q Q : "You are a baseball fan."
  2. Negation of Conditional Statements: The negation of P    Q P \implies Q is logically represented as P¬Q P \land \neg Q . This means that it is true that you are wearing a hat but you are not a baseball fan.

  3. Formulating the Correct Negation: Therefore, the correct negation would be: "You are wearing a hat and you are not a baseball fan."

Summary

The incorrect statement provided implies that not wearing a hat guarantees not being a baseball fan, which does not logically follow from the original statement. The proper negation asserts the possibility that one could wear a hat without being a baseball fan.

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