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Looking at several specific situations to arrive at an educated guess is called __________. |
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deductive reasoning |
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a conjecture |
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inductive reasoning |
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guessing |
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Make a conjecture based on the following information. For points A, B, and C, AB = 2, BC = 3, and AC = 4. |
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A, B, and C form on equilateral triangle. |
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A, B, and C form a right triangle. |
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A, B, and C are collinear. |
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A, B, and C are noncollinear. |
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Marita always listens to her favorite radio station, an oldies station, when she drives her car. Every morning she listens to her radio on the way to school. On Monday, she turns on her car radio and it is playing country music. Which of the following is a valid conjecture for why her radio is playing different music? |
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A country music station bought out her favorite music station over the weekend. |
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All statements are valid conjectures. |
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Someone used her car during the weekend and changed the station. |
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Her favorite station has changed their morning program to include country music. |
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Refer to the figure. If G is the midpoint of , which conjecture is true? |
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None of the statements are true. |
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is exactly 5 feet long. |
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intersects at exactly two points. |
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To show that a conjecture is false, you need to provide one _____. |
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counterexample |
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theorem |
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possibility |
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guess |
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