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The conditional statement needs to be clarified before we can write the five conditionals.
See solution.
We need to write the given statement as an if-then statement then write the converse, inverse, contrapositive, and bi-conditional statements. Let's start with the if-then statement.
If-then statements take a specific form.
&If p, &then q.
Here, p is the hypothesis and q is the conclusion. For this exercise, we are told that "Two lines intersect in a point." Therefore, a logical if-them statement would be as follows.
&If two lines intersect,
&then their intersection is a point.
When we write the converse, we swap the hypothesis and the conclusion.
&If two lines intersect at a point, &then the two lines intersect.
When we write the inverse, we negate the hypothesis and conclusion in the original conditional statement.
&If two lines do not intersect, &then they do not intersect at a point.
When we write the contrapositive, we negate the hypothesis and conclusion in the converse.
&If two lines do not intersect at a point, &then the two lines do not intersect.
Bi-conditional statements use "if and only if" to show that a conditional statement works both ways. Since two lines will always form a point if they intersect, we can write the following bi-conditional statement.
&Two lines intersect, &if and only if their intersection is a point.