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Choose the correct negation of the following statement

publish date: 2022/06/13 14:40:00 GMT+10

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The river is shallow or polluted

The river is neither shallow nor polluted
The river is not shallow or not polluted

Correct Answer

The river is neither shallow nor polluted

Explanation

"The river is not shallow or not polluted"

Too weak a statement.  The river fails to have either property, not just fails to have one property.

Reference

Mathematical Structures for Computer Science, Discrete Mathematics and its Applications, seventh edition

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