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People will often
"twist words around" in an attempt to win an argument.
In order to avoid becoming a victim of such tactics, you need to be
aware of three new conditionals and their related truth values.
Each of these new conditionals is formed by rearranging an original
conditional statement.
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Remember that a
"conditional statement" is a statement
that can be expressed in "if...then" form).
The three new
conditionals are:
CONVERSE, INVERSE, CONTRAPOSITIVE
Before
we begin, let's review some vocabulary:
hypothesis:
This is the part of the sentence that follows
the word "If....
,"
conclusion:
This is the part of the sentence that follows
the word "then
... ."
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It may be necessary
when working with conditional statements to rewrite the sentence so that
it is in "If...then" form.
"All
surfers like big waves."
"If
you are a surfer, then you like big waves."
Putting a sentence
in "If...then" form before beginning your investigation of the
converse, inverse, and contrapositive will make your work easier.
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