Chapter 2 Geometry vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Reasoning that uses a number of specific examples to arrive at a plausible generalization or prediction. Conclusions arrived at by ___ reasoning lack the logical certainty of those arrived at by deductive reasoning.
  2. 3. When you add two numbers, you take the ___ of the numbers.
  3. 4. In a conditional statement, the statement that immediately follows the word 'if'.
  4. 7. The statement formed by exchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement.
  5. 10. A statement that can be written in if-then form is a ___ statement.
  6. 11. Coplanar lines that do not intersect are ___ lines.
  7. 12. An example used to show that a given statement is not always true.
  8. 15. The statement formed by negating both the hypothesis and conclusion of the converse of a conditional statement.
  9. 16. For a (nonvertical) line containing two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2), the number 'm' given by the formula m = (y2-y1)/(x2-x1) where x1 ≠ x2.
  10. 17. A statement that describes a fundamental relationship between the basic terms of geometry. ___ are accepted as true without proof.
Down
  1. 2. A system of reasoning that uses facts, rules, definitions, or properties to reach logical conclusions is _____ reasoning.
  2. 5. A logical argument in which each statement you make is supported by a statement that is accepted as true.
  3. 6. The statement formed by negating both the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement.
  4. 7. In a conditional statement, the statement that immediately follows the word 'then'.
  5. 8. If a statement is represented by 'p' then 'not p' is the ___ of the statement.
  6. 9. An educated guess based on known information
  7. 13. A point is on the ___ of an angle if it does not lie on the angle itself and lies on a segment with endpoints that are on the sides of the angle.
  8. 14. When two numbers are multiplied, you get their ___.