Prentice Hall Geometry

2-2 Conditional Statements

Objectives

To recognize conditional statements and their parts

To write converses, inverses, and contrapositives of conditionals

A Solve It problem demonstrates conditional statements.
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The study of if-then statements and their truth values is a foundation of reasoning.

Essential Understanding You can describe some mathematical relationships using a variety of if-then statements.

The Venn diagram above illustrates how the set of things that satisfy the hypothesis lies inside the set of things that satisfy the conclusion.


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Table of Contents

Prentice Hall Geometry Chapter 1 Tools of Geometry Chapter 2 Reasoning and Proof Chapter 3 Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Chapter 4 Congruent Triangles Chapter 5 Relationships Within Triangles Chapter 6 Polygons and Quadrilaterals Chapter 7 Similarity Chapter 8 Right Triangles and Trigonometry Chapter 9 Transformations Chapter 10 Area Chapter 11 Surface Area and Volume Chapter 12 Circles Skills Handbook Reference Visual Glossary Selected Answers Index Acknowledgments