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Find a counterexample to show that the converse of each conditional is false.

If two angles are adjacent, then they share a vertex.

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The converse\textbf{\color{#4257b2}converse} is the statement formed by exchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional. In symbols, qpq\to p. Here, the converse of the conditional is:

If two angles share a vertex, then they are adjacent.\color{#c34632}\text{If two angles share a vertex, then they are adjacent.}

A counterexample would be a pair vertical angles as shown:

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