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 haganskl
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Thank you, James Finch. This explanation really helps.
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 Mmjd12
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Hi PowerScore,

Just to confirm my understanding of nested conditionals:

For the contrapoisitive to be applied, i.e for there not be a requirement to report, there must not be, both personal injury and damages exceeding $500 OR there must not be the capablitity to report.

So, scenario 1, one does not need to report if there is no capability to report. Or scenario 2, one does not need to report if there is, simultaneously, no personal injury AND damages don’t exceed $500.

Would it be correct to break up a nested conditional into two diagrams?

Report :arrow: Personal Injury AND >$500

Report :arrow: Capable of Reporting
 Luke Haqq
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Hi Mmjd12!

Your diagrams seem to make sense (though it could be helpful if those two statements were connected, so that you know that it's either one or the other scenario if there's no report). Reports are necessary if there is personal injury or damage exceeds $500, so if a report was not necessary, then we know that there was no personal injury and it was not over $500 in damage, OR another scenario occurs, namely, the person is incapable of making a report.

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