Conditional, Contrapositive, Inverse, Converse, biconditional

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Description:

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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Tutorial

vocabulary

The following terms will be defined in this lesson:

- conditional

- hypothesis

- conclusion

- contrapositive

- inverse

- converse

- biconditional

Conditionals

This video describes some of the basic terminology associated with logical reasoning in geometry.

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