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McGraw Hill Glencoe Geometry, 2012

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3. Conditional Statements

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Exercise 46 Page 113

What happens if the hypothesis of a conditional is false?

Truth value: True
Explanation: See solution.

Practice makes perfect

Let's examine the given conditional to find its truth value.

If a banana is blue, then an apple is a vegetable .

A banana cannot be blue, it can only be yellow or green. Therefore, the hypothesis is false. We say that a conditional with a false hypothesis is always true.

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Check Your Understanding p.111

Practice and Problem Solving p.111-114

H.O.T. Problems p.114

Standardized Test Practice p.115

Spiral Review p.115

Skills Review p.115