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Circular Reasoning

Circular reasoning is when you attempt to make an argument by beginning with an assumption that what you are trying to prove is already true

Conjecture

A testable expression that is based on available evidence but is not yet proved.

converse

A statement that is formed by switching the premise and the conclusion of another statement.

corresponding angles

corresponding angles One interior angle and one exterior angles that are non-adjacnt and on the same said of a transversal


Counterexample

An example that invalidates a conjecture.

That is, an example that proves a conjecture to be false.