To define terms in geometry related to conditional statements and to illustrate the logic associated with these terms.
Several examples are used to illustrate the meanings of: conditional statement, converse, inverse, and contrapositive. The logical equivalence of pairs of these terms in also discussed.
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The following terms will be defined in this lesson:
- conditional
- hypothesis
- conclusion
- contrapositive
- inverse
- converse
- biconditional
This video describes some of the basic terminology associated with logical reasoning in geometry.
