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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Inductive reasoning | The process by which a generalization is reached from evaluating specific observations or situations |
| Generalization | A broad statement that applys to many examples |
| Statement | A meaningful composition of words which can be considered either true or false |
| Conjecture | An unproven statement that is based on observations. An educated guess that may be wrong. |
| Counterexample | A specific case for which the conjecture is false. |
| Conditional statement | A statement that can be written in if-then form |
| Hypothesis | The if part of the conditional statement |
| Point | Named by a capital letter. Point A or A |
| Lines | Use any two points on a line to name it |
| Perpendicular lines | Two lines that intersect to form a right angle |
| Skew lines | Lines that do not intersect, and are not coplaner |
| Opposite rays | Opposite rays are collinear. |
| Negation | The opposite of the original statement |
| Converse | flip |
| Inverse | negate |
| Contrapositive | flip and negate |
| Equivalent statements | when two statements are both true or both false |
| Midpoint | point that divides the segment into two congruent segments |
| Biconditional statement | a statement that uses if and only if |