Big Ideas Math Integrated I, 2016
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1. Conditional Statements
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Exercise 36 Page 448

When a conditional statement and its converse are both true, you can write it as a single biconditional statement.

An angle is obtuse if and only the angle's measure is between 90^(∘) and 180^(∘).

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When a conditional statement and its converse are both true, it can be rewritten as a single biconditional statement. If p is the hypothesis and q the conclusion, the biconditional statement is written as p if and only if q. From the exercise, we have been given both a hypothesis and a conclusion of a true statement.

p&=An angle is obtuse q&=The angle's measure is between $90^(∘)$ and $180^(∘)$ Using deductive reasoning, we know that both the conditional statement and converse is true. Therefore, we can write this as a biconditional statement. Biconditional statement An angle is obtuse if and only if the angle's measure is between $90^(∘)$ and $180^(∘)$.