The contrapositive of the statement "If two triangles are...

The contrapositive of the statement "If two triangles are identical, then they are similar" is

Options

AIf two triangles are not similar, then they are not identical
BIf two triangles are not identical, then they are not similar
CIf two triangles are not identical, then they are similar
DIf two triangles are not similar, then they are identical

Correct answer

A. If two triangles are not similar, then they are not identical

Step-by-step solution

Let, $p$ : Two triangles are identical

$q$ : Two triangles are similar

Clearly, the given statement in symbolic form is $p \to q$ .

Contrapositive of $p \to q$ is $∼ q \to ∼ p$

i.e., If two triangles are not similar, then they are not identical.

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