Conditional Statements Flashcards

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A sentence written in “if/then” format.

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Conditional Statement

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The “if” part of a conditional statement.

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Hypothesis

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The “then” part of a conditional statement.

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Conclusion

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4
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A statement formed from a conditional statement by swapping the hypothesis and conclusion.

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Converse

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5
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The opposite of the hypothesis or conclusion

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Negation

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6
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A statement formed by negating both the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement

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Inverse

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7
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A statement formed by negating and swapping both the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement.

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Contrapositive

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8
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An example that shows that a conjecture is false

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Counterexample

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9
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A combined statement formed when both the conditional statement and its converse are true.

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Biconditional statement

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10
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Must be biconditional(both its converse and conditional statement are true) to be valid

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Definition

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A claim or an unproven statement based on observations

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Conjecture

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