Question

Geometric Reasoning, Help Please

Answer 1

If you have a sentence of the form If ___, then____

IF ___ : hypothesis
then____: conclusion

Answer 2

If you have a sentence like this:
If "A", then "B"

The converse is: If "B", then "A"

Answer 3

yes i have that down but im still confused on how i go by it and im wondering if my first and third answer is correct

Answer 4

I agree with your #3

Answer 5

The conclusion is really just the "then" part of the statement

Answer 6

so the first is incorrect

Answer 7

if so how do i go by getting it correct

Answer 8

Let's take a look at a different sentence:

If a=4 and b=5, then the sum a+b is 9.

Hypothesis: a+4 and b=5
Conclusion: the sum a+b is 9

Answer 9

You just look at the keywords "If" to identify the hypothesis, and "then" to identify the conclusion

Answer 10

so you just added but putting both the numbers together 4 and 5 is a+b which is 9

Answer 11

by the looks of it my answer choice for the first one is A

Answer 12

You don't need to concentrate on whether the sentence is true or not. It really is just a matter of identifying "where" in the sentence you find the hypothesis and conclusion.

If \(\color{red}{\text{bla bla bla}}\), then \(\color{blue}{\text{bluh bluh bluh}}.\)

Hypothesis: \(\color{red}{\text{bla bla bla}}\)
Conclusion: \(\color{blue}{\text{bluh bluh bluh}}\)

Answer 13

understandable so that means im still incorrect

Answer 14

Yeah. Well what do you think are the hypothesis and conclusion in #1?

Answer 15

a-b is positive

Answer 16

is that the hypothesis or conclusion?

Answer 17

the conclusion

Answer 18

i think

Answer 19

yes :)

Answer 20

really?!?!

Answer 21

yeah =]

Answer 22

ok so it would be B

Answer 23

yep

Answer 24

thank you may you help me with the second one please

Answer 25

yw, sure

Answer 26

well it's the same idea as the first. Whatever is after if "If" at the beginning of the sentence will be the hypothesis

Answer 27

Since we did 1 i'm thinking that the second one is D

Answer 28

Not quite. There is a difference between \(a+b\) and \(a \text{ and } b\). You have to really take it the way it is in the sentence without modification to its meaning

Answer 29

Oh wait would it be B just like the first one except a tad bit of a difference

Answer 30

The hypothesis (or conclusion) cannot be the whole sentence. And... you really just need to find where in the sentence you have the hypothesis and conclusion. You don't have to worry about changing anything in the sentence itself :)!!

Whatever follows "If" (and before "then") is the hypothesis just as it is written in the sentence.
Whatever follows "then" is the conclusion. It's really just identifying parts in a sentence :) Don't break your head too much over it.

Answer 31

oh so it is the exact same thing as what it says so its A

Answer 32

If dogs fly, then pigs will sing.

Hypothesis: dogs fly
Conclusion: pigs will sing

Obviously not true in any sens, but you just extract which part of the sentence is the hypothesis and conclusion

Answer 33

that actually made sense and looking at it again a+ b cant be a negative it actually is a positive so that statement is false so my answer actually would be C

Answer 34

Yes it's C :)
BUt the point I was trying to make... when just identifying the hypothesis and conclusion in the sentence, you don't need to worry about whether it is true or not. It's just a matter of identifying the beginning and end of the sentence.

(However.. just to point out truthness of the statement. If a and are are negative, then a+b would be negative. Think a = -4 and b= -3, then -4 + (-3) = -7 )

Answer 35

Wow thank you so much i understand

Answer 36

great :)