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Geometry Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inductive reasoning | process of reasoning that a rule or statement is true because specific cases are true |
| conjecture | a statement that you believe to be true based on inductive reasoning |
| conditional statement | if p, then q |
| hypothesis | p |
| conclusion | q |
| converse | if q, then p |
| inverse | if np, then nq |
| contrapositive | if nq, then np |
| deductive reasoning | process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts, definitions, and properties |
| biconditional statement | p if and only if q |
| definition | statement that describes a mathematical object and can be written as a true biconditional statement |
| reflexive property | a=a |
| symmetric property | if a=b, then b=a |
| transitive property | if a=b and b=c, then a=c |
| theorum | statement that you can prove |