Question

Check my Hypothesis and Conclusion Answers! :)

Answer 1

Which is the conclusion of this statement?
If a and b are negative, then a + b is negative.

A. If a and b are negative, then a + b is negative. <---<---<---
B. If a + b is negative, then a and b is negative.
C. a and b are negative.
D. a + b is negative.
@whpalmer4 @wolf1728 @wolfe8 @Awesome781 @Destinymasha

Answer 2

@EducateMe @baby456 @lovelyharmonics @lolly

Answer 3

@JOHN_R

Answer 4

There's a difference between the hypothesis portion of a statement and the conclusion portion of a statement.

Answer 5

The "If" part of the statement represents the hypothesis.
The "Then" part of the statement represents the conclusion.

Answer 6

For example,

If it rains today, then I will not go to the concert.

Answer 7

@Awesome781 do u think im right?

Answer 8

I will not go to the concert is the conclusion.

Answer 9

Who thinks I am right?

Answer 10

Yes you are right

Answer 11

-1+-1=-2

Answer 12

If it was multiplication
or division it would be different....

Answer 13

I also think u are correct :)

Answer 14

@JOHN_R, the question asked "Which is the conclusion of the statement?".

Answer 15

Are any of you familiar with the components of an "If Then" statement?

Answer 16

@Hero then c would be the answer because they both are negative right?

Answer 17

and yes i am familiar

Answer 18

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol9/conditional.html

Answer 19

@HERO SO I WASN'T RIGHT?

Answer 20

Let me ask you this @CrazyCountryGirl...

If someone asked you to explain what a hypothesis and conclusion of an If Then statement is, what would you tell them?

Answer 21

Hypothesis - Pretty much your guess
Conclusion - Your answer to the problem.

I don't really wanna know how to do it, I just wanna know if I got it right. I can get my sister to explain it over the phone...

@Hero

Answer 22

If you don't really wanna know how to do it, and if your sister can explain it to you, then why are you here? If you want a blunt response, no, your GUESS is not correct.

Answer 23

if you are working on a paper try and attach it so we can understand better

Answer 24

@JOHN_R, this is not a difficult question at all.

Answer 25

i know but im not understanding what shes asking

Answer 26

it seems easy but she makes it sound a little difficult

Answer 27

I'm almost positive the answer is B.

Answer 28

You think B is the answer because?

Answer 29

Explain why you believe B is the answer.

Answer 30

By the way, if you haven't yet read the link I posted, feel free to do so.

Answer 31

D!!! I meant D!!

Answer 32

we are not saying your not smart just simply trying to make sure u understand as well as us....

Answer 33

Is D the right answer? @Hero

Answer 34

@CrazyCountryGirl, it doesn't matter what choice you pick, what I want you to do is to be able to justify the reasoning behind why you selected a particular answer choice. You should state something along the lines of, "I believe the answer is A, B, C, or D, because...." and then proceed from there. Simply stating "Is D right" is akin to guessing.

Answer 35

@hero

No, I swear I'm not guessing I really believe it's D because They're saying that
a and b are negative= a + b is negative
Right, I'm trying to find a way to explain it, but I promise I didn't keep guessing. At first I read the question wrong.

Answer 36

By the way, have you had a chance to visit that link I sent you yet?

Answer 37

What is the difference between A and D? They seem the same to me.

Answer 38

A is the entire statement, D is the "q" portion of the statement. I'm surprised that isn't clear to you @wolf1728

Answer 39

Actually, I think the question is worded poorly and is not very clear to me at all.
It states:

Which is the conclusion of this statement?
If a and b are negative, then a + b is negative.

So if that is the "question" then the first "answer" is
A. If a and b are negative, then a + b is negative.

The "conclusion" of that statement is exactly the same as what is stated in the question.

Answer 40

@wolf1728, you never learned about If "q", then "p" where "p" represents the hypothesis of the statement and "q" represents the conclusion?

There are two things obvious here:
1. The statement is an "If, then" statement.
2. The conclusion, q, is in the "then" portion of the statement.

I don't understand why you believe the question is worded poorly or what your confusion is regarding the statement. Everything seems obviously to me.