Consider the premise. Does the hypothesis directly oppose it? Premise: Eighty percent of pagers in the United States were knocked out by a satellite malfunction in space. Hypothesis: A majority of pagers in the United States were disrupted by a satellite malfunction.
Eighty percent of pagers in the United States were knocked out by a satellite malfunction in space.###A majority of pagers in the United States were disrupted by a satellite malfunction.