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Geometry Chapter 3
Question | Answer |
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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 |