Inductive Reason & Conjecture Section 2.1 -Cameron Pettinato -Olivia Kerrigan
Inductive Reasoning Reasoning that uses a number of specific examples to arrive at a conclusion.
Conjecture A concluding statement reached using inductive reasoning. “Educated guess”
When making a conjecture... You must notice a pattern in the sequence You must make a conclusion for the sequence based on the pattern you determined
Counterexamples An example that proves a conjecture to be false.
Counterexamples When proving a conjecture false, you must formulate a mathematical counterexample to support why the conjecture is false.
Sequence Increasing: +(addition) and x(multiplication) Decreasing: -(subtraction) and /(division)
Make a conjecture about the sequences… 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, Addition by previous two numbers 3, -1.5,.75, -.25, 34 Division by …
Make conjectures about the geometric relationship… <ABC is supplementary to <CBD <ABC + <CBD = 180 degrees AB C D
Make conjectures about the geometric relationship… Line AB is perpendicular to line CD A B DC <ABD is a right angle (90 degrees) <ABC is a right angle (90 degrees)
Determine whether each conjecture is true or false. If GH and JK form a right angle, then they are perpendicular. True
If two of the angles in a triangle are congruent, then the triangles are congruent. False Counterexample
Supplementary angles are adjacent. False Counterexample
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