Big Ideas Math Integrated I, 2016
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1-3. Quiz
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Exercise 13 Page 466

Does the color of your ball impact whether or not you get a strike?

No, see solution.

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We want to establish whether the biconditional is true or false. To determine the truth value of a biconditional, we look at the truth values of the conditional statement and its converse.

Statement:& If I got a strike, &then I used the green ball. Converse:& If I used the green ball, &then I got a strike. We are told that the statement is true. Thus, we need to determine the validity of the converse. Ask yourself, does the color of your ball impact whether or not you get a strike? Logically, we cannot claim that the color of your ball impacts your ability to get a strike. Therefore, your friend is not correct.