Properties of Equality

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What is the Transitive Property of Equality?

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If AB = CD and CD = EF, then AB = EF.

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What is the Hypothesis in a conditional statement?

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The part of a conditional statement following the word 'if.'

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What does the Inverse of a conditional statement involve?

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Negating the hypothesis and conclusion.

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What is the Reflexive Property of Equality?

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For any number x, x = x.

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What is the Substitution Property?

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If a = b, then a may be replaced by b in any expression.

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What is the Symmetric Property of Equality?

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If a = b, then b = a.

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What is the Contrapositive of a conditional statement?

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Negating both the hypothesis and conclusion and reversing them.

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Provide an example of the Transitive Property of Equality.

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If 3 = 3 and 3 = 5, then 3 = 5.

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What is the definition of a Conditional Statement?

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A statement that can be written in the form 'if p, then q.'

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What is a Counterexample?

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An example that disproves a statement or proposition.