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1 1.2 Reasoning Mathematically Two Types of Reasoning Remember to Silence Your Cell Phone and Put It in Your Bag!

2 Inductive Reasoning The process of reasoning from specific facts or instances to a general conclusion specific instances  use observations  conclusion

3 Terminology Conjecture A statement that has not been proved to be true nor shown to be false Generalization A statement that expresses some relationship that is true for all numbers in a specified set Counterexample An example that shows a statement to be false

4 Procedure for Using the Inductive Reasoning Process 1. Check several examples for a possible relationship. 2. Observe that the relationship is true for every example you checked. 3. Conclude that the relationship is probably true for all other examples and state a generalization. 4. Attempt to prove your generalization using deductive reasoning.

5 Sequences A pattern involving an ordered arrangement of numbers, geometric figures, letters, or other entities is called a sequence. Each member of the sequence is called a term of the sequence.

6 Arithmetic Sequence A numerical sequence in which each term is obtained from the previous term by adding a fixed number is called an arithmetic sequence. The fixed number is called the common difference, d.

7 Geometric Sequence A numerical sequence in which each term is obtained from the previous term by multiplying by a fixed number is called a geometric sequence. The fixed number is called the common ratio, r.

8 Fibonacci Sequences The Fibonacci Sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13,... A Fibonacci Type Sequence a, b, a+b, a+2b, 2a+3b, 3a + 5b,... Examples: 2, 4, 6, 10, 16, 26,... 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29,...

9 Additional Terminology Column Extension Pattern Row Relationship Pattern

10 Deductive Reasoning The process of reasoning from the general to a specific conclusion using rules of logic premises  Use definitions properties axioms theorems  conclusion

11 Omit You may omit pp. 24-35 You will study this in Math 4161!


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