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1.2 Reasoning Mathematically Two Types of Reasoning Remember to Silence Your Cell Phone and Put It in Your Bag!
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Inductive Reasoning The process of reasoning from specific facts or instances to a general conclusion specific instances use observations conclusion
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,...
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Additional Terminology Column Extension Pattern Row Relationship Pattern
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Deductive Reasoning The process of reasoning from the general to a specific conclusion using rules of logic premises Use definitions properties axioms theorems conclusion
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Omit You may omit pp. 24-35 You will study this in Math 4161!
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