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2-3 Study Guide and Intervention: Conditional Statements

If a statement can be written in if-then form, it is called a conditional statement. A conditional statement has two parts: the hypothesis, which follows the word "if", and the conclusion, which follows the word "then". A conditional statement can be represented symbolically as p → q, read as "p implies q" or "if p, then q". A conditional statement and its contrapositive always have the same truth value, while the converse and inverse of a conditional statement always have the same truth value as each other but not necessarily the same as the original statement.

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2-3 Study Guide and Intervention: Conditional Statements

If a statement can be written in if-then form, it is called a conditional statement. A conditional statement has two parts: the hypothesis, which follows the word "if", and the conclusion, which follows the word "then". A conditional statement can be represented symbolically as p → q, read as "p implies q" or "if p, then q". A conditional statement and its contrapositive always have the same truth value, while the converse and inverse of a conditional statement always have the same truth value as each other but not necessarily the same as the original statement.

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2-3 Study Guide and Intervention


Conditional Statements
If-Then Statements An if-then statement is a statement such as “If you are reading this page, then you are studying
math.” A statement that can be written in if-then form is called a conditional statement. The phrase immediately
following the word if is the hypothesis. The phrase immediately following the word then is the conclusion.
A conditional statement can be represented in symbols as p → q, which is read “p implies q” or “if p, then q.”

Example 1: Identify the hypothesis and conclusion of the conditional statement.


If ∠𝑋 ≅ ∠𝑅 and ∠𝑅 ≅ ∠𝑆 , then ∠𝑋 ≅ ∠𝑆.
hypothesis conclusion

Example 2: Identify the hypothesis and conclusion. Write the statement in if-then form.
You receive a free pizza with 12 coupons.
If you have 12 coupons , then you receive a free pizza.
hypothesis conclusion

Exercises
Identify the hypothesis and conclusion of each conditional statement.
1. If it is Saturday, then there is no school.
2. If x – 8 = 32, then x = 40.
3. If a polygon has four right angles, then the polygon is a rectangle.

Write each statement in if-then form.


4. All apes love bananas.

5. The sum of the measures of complementary angles is 90.

6. Collinear points lie on the same line.

Determine the truth value of each conditional statement. If true, explain your reasoning. If false, give a
counterexample.

7. If today is Wednesday, then yesterday was Friday.

8. If a is positive, then 10a is greater than a.

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2-3 Study Guide and Intervention (continued)


Conditional Statements
Converse, Inverse, and Contrapositive If you change the hypothesis or conclusion of a conditional statement, you
form related conditionals. This chart shows the three related conditionals, converse, inverse, and contrapositive, and how
they are related to a conditional statement.

Symbols Formed by Example


Conditional p→q using the given hypothesis and conclusion If two angles are vertical angles,
then they are congruent.
Converse q→p exchanging the hypothesis and conclusion If two angles are congruent, then
they are vertical angles.
Inverse ∽p → ∽q replacing the hypothesis with its negation and If two angles are not vertical angles,
replacing the conclusion with its negation then they are not congruent.
Contrapositive ∽q → ∽p negating the hypothesis, negating the If two angles are not congruent,
conclusion, and switching them then they are not vertical angles.

Just as a conditional statement can be true or false, the related conditionals also can be true or false. A conditional
statement always has the same truth value as its contrapositive, and the converse and inverse always have the same truth
value.

Exercises
Write the converse, inverse, and contrapositive of each true conditional statement. Determine whether each related
conditional is true or false. If a statement is false, find a counterexample.

1. If you live in San Diego, then you live in California.

2. If a polygon is a rectangle, then it is a square.

3. If two angles are complementary, then the sum of their measures is 90.

Chapter 2 20 Glencoe Geometry

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