Given the conditional statement, match the following.

Polygons that are squares are rectangles.

1. Converse

2. Inverse

3. Contrapositive

If a polygon is not a square, then it is not a rectangle.

If a polygon is a rectangle, then it is a square.

__If a polygon is not a rectangle, then it is not a square.

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Cristal Spears

29 December, 21:01

Given the conditional statement, match the following.

Polygons that are squares are rectangles.

1. Converse

2. Inverse

3. Contrapositive

If a polygon is not a square, then it is not a rectangle.

If a polygon is a rectangle, then it is a square.

__If a polygon is not a rectangle, then it is not a square.

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Leo · Answer 1

2, 1, 3

the first is the inverse because the statement is negated

the second is the converse because it is "flipping" the statement

the third is the contrapositive because it is the inverse of the converse