Big Ideas Math Geometry, 2014
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1. Conditional Statements
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Exercise 8 Page 71

Identify the hypothesis and the conclusion.

If today is Friday, then tomorrow is the weekend.

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To write the conditional statement in if-then form, we have to identify the statement's hypothesis and conclusion. In the if-then form, the hypothesis comes after if and the conclusion comes after then. Hypothesis:&If... Conclusion:&then...

The given statement says that Today is Friday, and tomorrow is the weekend. This means we start with today being Friday, and then tomorrow is the weekend. We can identify the hypothesis and conclusion. Today is Friday,and tomorrow is the weekend. Now we can write the statement in if-then form. If today is Friday, then tomorrow is the weekend.