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biconditional statement conclusion

Chapter 2 (p. 66)

Chapter 2 (p. 69)

conditional statement conjecture

Chapter 2 (p. 66) Chapter 2 (p. 76)

contrapositive converse

Chapter 2 (p. 67) Chapter 2 (p. 67)

counterexample deductive reasoning

Chapter 2 (p. 77) Chapter 2 (p. 78)

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The “then” part of a conditional statement written A statement that contains the phrase “if and only
in if-then form if”

If you are in Houston, then you are in Texas. Two lines intersect to form a right angle if and
only if they are perpendicular lines.
hypothesis, p conclusion, q

An unproven statement that is based on A logical statement that has a hypothesis and a
observations conclusion

Conjecture: The sum of any three consecutive If you are in Houston, then you are in Texas.
integers is three times the second
hypothesis, p conclusion, q
number.

The statement formed by exchanging the The statement formed by negating both the
hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional hypothesis and conclusion of the converse of a
statement conditional statement

Statement: If you are a guitar player, then you are a Statement: If you are a guitar player, then you are a
musician. musician.
Converse: If you are a musician, then you are a Contrapositive: If you are not a musician, then you
guitar player. are not a guitar player.

A process that uses facts, definitions, accepted A specific case for which a conjecture is false
properties, and the laws of logic to form a logical
argument
Conjecture: The sum of two numbers is always
more than the greater number.
You use deductive reasoning to write geometric
proofs.
Counterexample: 2  (3)  5

5   2

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equivalent statements flowchart proof (flow proof)

Chapter 2 (p. 106)

Chapter 2 (p. 67)

hypothesis if-then form

Chapter 2 (p. 66)

Chapter 2 (p. 66)

inductive reasoning inverse

Chapter 2 (p. 67)

Chapter 2 (p. 76)

line perpendicular to a plane negation

Chapter 2 (p. 86) Chapter 2 (p. 66)

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A type of proof that uses boxes and arrows to show Two related conditional statements that are both
the flow of a logical argument true or both false

A conditional statement and its contrapositive are

equivalent statements

A conditional statement in the form “if p, then q”, The “if” part of a conditional statement written in
where the “if” part contains the hypothesis and the if-then form
“then” part contains the conclusion
If you are in Houston, then you are in Texas.
If you are in Houston, then you are in Texas.
hypothesis, p conclusion, q
hypothesis, p conclusion, q

The statement formed by negating both the A process that includes looking for patterns and
hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional making conjectures
statement
Given the number pattern 1, 5, 9, 13, …, you can
Statement: If you are a guitar player, then you are a use inductive reasoning to determine that the next
musician. number in the pattern is 17.
Inverse: If you are not a guitar player, then you are
not a musician.

A line that intersects the plane in a point and is

The opposite of a statement perpendicular to every line in the plane that
intersects it at that point
If a statement is p, then the negation is “not p,” t
written ~p.
p
Statement: The ball is red.
A q
Negation: The ball is not red.

Line t is perpendicular to plane P.

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paragraph proof perpendicular lines

Chapter 2 (p. 68)

Chapter 2 (p. 108)

proof theorem

Chapter 2 (p. 101)

Chapter 2 (p. 100)

truth table truth value

Chapter 2 (p. 70)

Chapter 2 (p. 70)

two column proof

Chapter 2 (p. 100)

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Two lines that intersect to form a right angle A style of proof that presents the statements and
reasons as sentences in a paragraph, using words to
explain the logical flow of an argument

⊥m

A statement that can be proven A logical argument that uses deductive reasoning
to show that a statement is true
Vertical angles are congruent.

A value that represents whether a statement is A table that shows the truth values for a
true (T) or false (F) hypothesis, conclusion, and a conditional statement

Conditional
See truth table.
p q pq
T T T
T F F
F T T
F F T

A type of proof that has numbered statements and

corresponding reasons that show an argument in a
logical order

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