Texas-CCISD School District Geometry Chapter 2 Flashcards
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Inductive reasoning | The process of reasoning that a rule or statement is true because specific cases are true. |
| Conjecture | A statement that is believed to be true. |
| Counterexample | An example that proves that a conjecture or statement is false. |
| Conditional Statement | A statement that can be written in the form "if p, then q," where p is the hypothesis and q is the conclusion. |
| Hypothesis of a Conditional Statement | The part of a conditional statement following the word if. |
| Conclusion of a Conditional Statement | The part of a conditional statement following the word then. |
| Truth value of a Conditional Statement | A statement can have a truth value of true (T) or false (F). |
| Negation | The negation of statement p is "not p," written as ~p. |
| Converse of a Conditional Statement | A statement formed by exchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement. |
| Inverse of a Conditional Statement | A statement that negates both the hypothesis an conclusion in a conditional statement. |
| Contrapositive of a Conditional Statement | The statement formed by both exchanging and negating the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement. |
| Logically equivalent | A statement that has the same truth value. |
| Deductive Reasoning | The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts, definitions, and properties. |
| Law of Detachment | If p ➡ q is a true conditional statement and p is true, than q is true. |
| Law of Syllogism | If p ➡q and q➡r are ture conditional statements, then p➡r is true. |
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