A Student Is Asked to Give the Negation of "All

question 137

Essay

A student is asked to give the negation of "all bananas are ripe."
(a) The student responds "all bananas are not ripe." Explain why the English in the student's response is ambiguous.
(b) Another student says that the negation of the statement is "no bananas are ripe." Explain why this is not correct.
(c) Another student says that the negation of the statement is "some bananas are ripe." Explain why this is not correct.
(d) Give the correct negation.

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