I need help with this one,I'm not sure what to do.

Suzy will pass critical thinking only if she begins to study.

Compound: No
Conditional: No
Antecedent:
Consequent:
Contradictory:
Contrapositive:

The phrase "only if" indicates something conditional, doesn't it? If this happens, then that will happen.

I see a pronoun in here -- she. What word is its antecedent (comes before it, means the same person)?

What will be the consequence of the "only if" clause?

I'm not sure what's meant by the last two terms.

Contradictory: Suzy will fail critical thinking only if she begins to study. or

Suzy will pass critical thinking if she does not begin to study.

Contrapositive: Suzy will fail critical thinking if she does not begin to study.

This sentence seems to be both compound and conditional.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.

To find the antecedent, consequent, contradictory, and contrapositive in this statement, we need to understand the structure of the statement and its logical relationships.

The given statement is: "Suzy will pass critical thinking only if she begins to study."

To identify the antecedent and consequent, we can rephrase the statement into an "if-then" form. In this case, the original statement already follows the "if-then" structure: "if Suzy begins to study, then she will pass critical thinking."

Antecedent: "Suzy begins to study"
The antecedent in this statement is the condition or the "if" part of the statement. It refers to the action that needs to occur for the consequent to be true.

Consequent: "she will pass critical thinking"
The consequent is the result or the "then" part of the statement. It refers to the outcome that follows if the antecedent is true.

Contradictory statement:
To form the contradictory statement, we negate both the antecedent and the consequent of the original statement. Negating "Suzy begins to study" would be "Suzy does not begin to study," and negating "she will pass critical thinking" would be "she does not pass critical thinking." Therefore, the contradictory statement would be: "Suzy does not begin to study and she does not pass critical thinking."

Contrapositive:
To form the contrapositive, we interchange the antecedent and consequent and negate both. So, the contrapositive of the original statement "if Suzy begins to study, then she will pass critical thinking" would be "if Suzy does not pass critical thinking, then she did not begin to study."

In summary:
Antecedent: Suzy begins to study
Consequent: she will pass critical thinking
Contradictory statement: Suzy does not begin to study and she does not pass critical thinking
Contrapositive: if Suzy does not pass critical thinking, then she did not begin to study