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pattern find one counterexample to show that each conjecture is false. …

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find one counterexample to show that each conjecture is false.

  1. for two real numbers a and b, a is either equal to b or greater than b.
  2. all quadrilaterals are parallelograms.

1 - 5 additional practice conditional statements
write each sentence as a conditional.

  1. a regular hexagon has exactly six congruent sides.
  2. two supplementary angles form a line.

determine the truth value of each conditional. explain your reasoning or give a counterexample.

  1. if a figure has four congruent angles, then the figure is a square.
  2. if the sidewalks are wet, then it has been raining.

Explanation:

1. Write each sentence as a conditional

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Brief Explanations

A conditional statement has the form "If \(p\), then \(q\)". Here, \(p\) is "a figure is a regular hexagon" and \(q\) is "it has exactly six congruent sides".

Brief Explanations

For the statement "Two supplementary angles form a line", \(p\) is "two angles are supplementary" and \(q\) is "they form a line".

Brief Explanations

A counter - example is a rectangle. A rectangle has four congruent angles (each \(90^{\circ}\)), but it is not a square (a square has four congruent sides in addition to four congruent angles). So the statement "If a figure has four congruent angles, then the figure is a square" is false.

Answer:

If a figure is a regular hexagon, then it has exactly six congruent sides.

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