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Activity 3.8
Assignment 3.9
Assignment 5.7
Converse, Inverse, and Contrapositive
Objectives
Write and identify the converse, inverse, and contrapositive of a conditional sentence.
Write logically equivalent sentences.
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About Geometry Worksheet Assignment 5.7:
Assignment 5.7 is an introduction to converse, inverse, and contrapositive.
Prerequisite Skill: Identify the hypothesis and conclusion in a conditional sentence (Assignment 5.6)
Symbolic Definitions: Conditional: If p, then q.
Converse: If q, then p
Inverse: If not p, then not q.
Contrapositive: If not q, then not p.
Postulate: A conditional is logically equivalent to its contrapositive.
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