Geometry Chapter 2.2 Definitions and Biconditional Statements
I) Vocabulary:
A) Perpendicular: Two lines that intersect to form right angles.
B) Line Perpendicular to a Plane: A line that intersects a plane in a point and is perpendicular to every line that includes that point in the plane that intersects it.
C) Biconditional Statement: A statement that contains the words "if and only if" (iff) and is equivalent to writing a statement combining a conditional statement and its converse. For the truth value of a biconditional statement to be true, both the conditional statemene and its converse have to have the same truth value.
Example: Conditional Statement: If two sides of a triangle are congruent, then the angles opposite them are congruent.
Converse Statement: If two angles of a triangle are congruent, then the sides opposite them are congruent.
Biconditional Statement: Two sides of a triangle are congruent if and only if the two angles of the triangle are congruent.
