Biconditional Statements and Logical Reasoning

Given, "If I have a Siberian Husky, then I have a dog." Identify the hypothesis.

• If I have a Siberian Husky.
• I have a Siberian Husky.
• Then I have a dog.
• I have a dog.

Given, "If I have a Siberian Husky, then I have a dog." Identify the conclusion.

• If I have a Siberian Husky.
• I have a Siberian Husky.
• Then I have a dog.
• I have a dog.

What is this?

• Conditional Statement
• Inverse
• Converse
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Given, "If I have a Siberian Husky, then I have a dog." Identify the converse.

• If I do not have a Siberian Husky, then I do not have a dog.
• If I have a dog, then I have a Siberian Husky.
• If I do not have a dog, then I do not have a Siberian Husky.
• If I do not have a Siberian Husky, then I have a dog. 

Given, "If angles are congruent, then the measures of the angles are equal." Identify the converse.

• If the measures of the angles are equal, then the angles are congruent.
• "If angles are not congruent, then the measures of the angles are not equal."
• If the measures of the angles are not equal, then the angles are not congruent.
• If the angles are not congruent, then the measure of the angles are equal.

Given, "If angles are congruent, then the measures of the angles are equal." Identify the hypothesis.

• If angles are congruent.
• Angles are congruent.
• Then the measures of the angles are equal.
• The measures of the angles are equal.

Given, "If angles are congruent, then the measures of the angles are equal." Identify the conclusion.

• If the angles are congruent.
• The angles are congruent.
• Then the measures of the angles are equal.
• The measures of the angles are equal.

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To write the converse you negate both the hypothesis and the conclusion.

• False
• True

Conditional: If Maria gets married, then the reception will be at the country club.
What is this statement: If the reception is at the country club, then Maria will be getting married.

• Converse
• Inverse
• Contrapositive
• Negation

What has to happen in order to write a biconditional statement?

• conditional has to be true
• converse of the conditional has to be true
• all the above
• none of the above