2.1.4 Biconditional Statements and Definitions

Question 1

biconditional statement

Answer 1

a statement that can be written in the form “p if and only if q.” This means “if p then q” and “if q then p.”

Question 2

definition

Answer 2

a statement that describes an object and can be written as a true biconditional.

Question 3

polygon

Answer 3

a closed plane figure formed by three or more segments, where each segment intersects exactly two other segments only at their endpoints and no two segments with a common endpoint are collinear.

Question 4

triangle is

Answer 4

a three-sided polygon.

Question 5

quadrilateral

Answer 5

a four-sided polygon.