2017 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 6

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Problem

Ms. Carroll promised that anyone who got all the multiple choice questions right on the upcoming exam would receive an A on the exam. Which one of these statements necessarily follows logically?

$\textbf{(A)}\ \text{If Lewis did not receive an A, then he got all of the multiple choice questions wrong.}\\\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \text{If Lewis did not receive an A, then he got at least one of the multiples choice questions wrong.}\\\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{If Lewis got at least one of the multiple choice questions wrong, then he did not receive an A.}\\\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{If Lewis received an A, then he got all of the multiple choice questions right.}\\\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{If Lewis received an A, then he got at least one of the multiple choice questions right.}$

Solution

Rewriting the given statement: "if someone got all the multiple choice questions right on the upcoming exam then he or she would receive an A on the exam." If that someone is Lewis the statement becomes: "if Lewis got all the multiple choice questions right, then he got an A on the exam." The contrapositive: "If Lewis did not receive an A, then he got at least one of the multiple choice questions wrong (did not get all of them right)" must also be true leaving B as the correct answer. B is also equivalent to the contrapositive of the original statement, which implies that it must be true, so the answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(B)}\text{ If Lewis did not receive an A, then he got at least one of the multiple choice questions wrong.}}$.

See Also

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Problem 5
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Problem 7
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Problem 2
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Problem 4
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