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The contrapositive of statement

‘If Chandigarh is capital of Punjab, then Chandigarh is in India’ is

Let p:Chandigarh is the capital of Punjab


q: Chandigarh in India.


~p: Chandigarh is not Capital of Punjab


~q: Chandigarh is not in India.


Since,


If (~q), then (~p)


Therefore,


If chandigarh is not in India, then Chandigarh is not the capital is not the capital of Punjab.

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