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Write the Contrapositive and Converse of the Following Statements. You Cannot Comprehend Geometry If You Do Not Know How to Reason Deductively. - Mathematics

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Write the contrapositive and converse of the following statements.

You cannot comprehend geometry if you do not know how to reason deductively.

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Solution

The contrapositive is as follows.

If you know how to reason deductively, then you can comprehend geometry.

The converse is as follows.

If you do not know how to reason deductively, then you cannot comprehend geometry.

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Chapter 14: Mathematical Reasoning - Exercise 14.4 [Page 338]

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Chapter 14 Mathematical Reasoning
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