Pearson Geometry Common Core, 2011
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Exercise 17 Page 130

Identify the hypothesis and conclusion.

If today is one of a certain group of holidays, then school is closed.

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To write the 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 school is closed on certain holidays. Here, we start with having today being one of a certain group of holidays and conclude that school is closed. With this, we can identify the hypothesis and conclusion. Today is one of a certain group of holidays school is closed Now we can write the statement in if-then form. If today is one of a certain group of holidays, then school is closed.