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What is the converse, inverse, and contrapositive of: The sum of the angle of a triangle is 180 degrees.

2007-12-20 02:25:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

3 answers

converse, inverse, and contrapositive apply to conditional statements. The statement you've given is not conditional. You could make it one by saying something like,
If a polygon is a triangle, then the sum of its angles is 180. (if T then S)

In that case, the converse would be,
If the sum of the angles of a polygon is 180, the polygon is a triangle. (if S then T)

The inverse would be,
If a polygon is a triangle, the sum of its angles is NOT 180. (if T then not S)

And the contrapositive would be,
If the sum of the angles of a polygon is not 180, the polygon is not a triangle. (if not S then not T)

2007-12-20 02:35:42 · answer #1 · answered by Philo 7 · 1 0

I need to restate your original statement as a proposition:

Original

If the sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 180 degrees, then the polygon is a triangle.

Converse

If the polygon is a triangle then the sum of the interior angles is 180 degrees.

Inverse

If the sum of the interior angles of a polygon is Not 180 degrees, then the polygon is Not a triangle.

Contrapostive

If the polygon is Not a triangle, then the sum of the interior angles is Not 180 degrees.

2007-12-20 02:42:31 · answer #2 · answered by stanschim 7 · 0 1

http://hotmath.com/hotmath_help/topics/converse-inverse-contrapositive.html

2015-12-31 02:46:43 · answer #3 · answered by sepia 7 · 0 0

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