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    NAME DATE PERIOD

    2-1 Enrichment

    Counterexamples
    When you make a conclusion after examining several specific cases, you have used
    inductive reasoning. However, you must be cautious when using this form of reasoning.
    By finding only one counterexample, you disprove the conclusion.

    Example 1
    Is the statement −
    x ≤ 1 true when you replace x with
    1, 2, and 3? Is the statement true for all reals? If possible, find a
    counterexample.
    1 1 1 1 1
    − = 1, − < 1, and − < 1. But when x = − , then −
    x = 2. This counterexample
    1 2 3 2
    shows that the statement is not always true.

    Exercises
    1. The coldest day of the year in Chicago 2. Suppose John misses the school bus
    occurred in January for five straight four Tuesdays in a row. Can you
    years. Is it safe to conclude that the safely conclude that John misses the
    coldest day in Chicago is always in school bus every Tuesday?
    January?

    3. Is the equation √k 2 = k true when you 4. Is the statement 2x = x + x true when


    replace k with 1, 2, and 3? Is the 1
    you replace x with − , 4, and 0.7? Is the
    2

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    equation true for all integers? If
    statement true for all real numbers?
    possible, find a counterexample.
    If possible, find a counterexample.

    5. Suppose you draw four points A, B, C, 6. Suppose you draw a circle, mark three
    −− −−− −−− points on it, and connect them. Will the
    and D and then draw AB, BC, CD and
    −−− angles of the triangle be acute? Explain
    DA. Does this procedure give a
    quadrilateral always or only sometimes? your answers with figures.
    Explain your answers with figures.

    Chapter 2 10 Glencoe Geometry

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