1. Inductive & Deductive Reasoning Postulates & Diagrams
2.2 & 2.3
Inductive & Deductive Reasoning
Postulates & Diagrams

2. What we will learn Use inductive reasoning Use deductive reasoning
Identify postulates using diagrams

5. Example 1 Describing a Visual Pattern

6. Example 2 Describing a Visual Pattern
Sketch the next figure in the pattern

8. Example 3 Finding a Counterexample
A student makes the following conjecture about the sum of two numbers. Find a counterexample to disprove the student’s conjecture.
CONJECTURE: The sum of two numbers is always more than the greater number

10. Example 4 Comparing Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

11. Example 4 Comparing Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

16. Example 5 Identifying a Postulate Using a Diagram

17. Example 5 Identifying a Postulate Using a Diagram