1. Conditional Statements
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Conditional
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2. This is a quiz!!! There should be NO talking
Take out a small sheet of paper (it can be torn out) put your name on it.
Then identify the hypothesis and the conclusion of the statement below.
Statement: If you cheat on this quiz, then you will get a zero.
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3. Conditional Statements (or simply Conditionals)
Definition:
A conditional statement is a statement that can be written in if-then form.
“If _____________, then ______________.”
Example:
If your feet smell and your nose runs, then you're built upside down.
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4. Conditional Statement - continued
Conditional Statements have two parts:
The hypothesis is the part of a conditional statement that follows “if” (when written in if-then form.)
The hypothesis is the given information, or the condition.
The conclusion is the part of an if-then statement that follows “then” (when written in if-then form.)
The conclusion is the result of the given information.
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5. Lesson 2-1 Conditional Statements
Writing Conditional Statements
Conditional statements can be written in “if-then” form to emphasize which part is the hypothesis and which is the conclusion.
Hint: Turn the subject into the hypothesis.
Example 1:
Vertical angles are congruent.
can be written as...
Conditional Statement:
If two angles are vertical, then they are congruent.
Example 2:
Seals swim.
can be written as...
Conditional Statement:
If an animal is a seal, then it swims.
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6. Lesson 2-1 Conditional Statements
Examples
If the defense doesn’t wake up and learn how to tackle, then Auburn will lose. 
If x – 8 = 14, then x = 22.
If B is between A and C, then AB + BC = AC
Can you think of one?
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Symbolic Logic
Symbols for Hypothesis and Conclusion:
Hypothesis is represented by “p”.
Conclusion is represented by “q”.
if p, then q or
p implies q
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8. Symbolic Logic - continued
if p, then q
or p implies q
p  q
is used to represent
Example:
p: a number is prime
q: a number has exactly two divisors
pq:
If a number is prime, then it has exactly two divisors.
Continued…..
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Converse
Converse: Switch the hypothesis and conclusion (q  p)
pq If two angles are vertical, then they are congruent.
qp If two angles are congruent, then they are vertical.
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10. Name the converse, and then determine if the converse is true or false
If you are a quaterback, then you play football.
If an angle measures 100 degress, then it is obtuse.
If an angle is acute, then it measures greater than 0, but less than 90 degrees.
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11. Conditional Statements can be true or false:
A conditional statement is false only when the hypothesis is true, but the conclusion is false.
A counterexample is an example used to show that a statement is not always true and therefore false.
Statement:
If you live in Alabama, then you live in Mobile.
Yes !!!
Is there a counterexample?
Counterexample:
You live in Alabama, BUT you live in Trussville.
Therefore () the statement is false.
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Determine if the conditional is true or false. If it is false, find a counter example.
If a polygon has eight sides, then it is an octagon.
If you live in a country that borders the United States, then you live in Canada.
If you play a sport with a ball and a bat then you play baseball.
If an angle measures 80, then it is acute.
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13. Two angles are vertical implies they are congruent.
If …Then vs. Implies
Another way of writing an if-then statement is using the word implies.
If two angles are vertical, then they are congruent.
Two angles are vertical implies they are congruent.
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14. Other ways to write If-Then Statements
If-then statements may be written in different ways.
These are included on the board or in your book on page 34.
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Biconditional
When a conditional statement and its converse are both true, the two statements may be combined.
Use the phrase if and only if (sometimes abbreviated: iff)
Statement: If an angle is right then it has a measure of 90.
Converse: If an angle measures 90, then it is a right angle.
Biconditional: An angle is right if and only if it measures 90.
Can you think of an example?
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Each conditional statement below is true. Write its converse. If the converse is also true, combine the statements as a biconditional.
If two segments have the same length, then they are congruent.
If x=12, then 2x – 5 = 19.
If a number is divisible by 20, then it is even.
If a ray is an angle bisector, then it divides an angle into two congruent angles.
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Home Work
Pg 75 # 9-21 (skip #14) Pg 82 # 1-5 Pg 83 # 20-27
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