Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

 Inductive Reasoning
o Reach a general __________________ based on a limited collection of
______________ observations

 Axiomatic System (consists of four parts)

o Undefined Terms - ______________ _____________ in a system
o Definitions – statements that give ________________
o Postulates (Axioms) – statements accepted as _________ without
verification or _________
o Theorems – statement that can be ___________ by using definitions,
undefined terms, postulates, and rules of deduction and logic.
 Typically expressed as an if – then statement
 Hypothesis – given information that follows the ______
 Conclusion – statement to verify that follows the ________

 Deductive Reasoning
o Reach a _____________ conclusion based on a collection of
________________ accepted assumptions
Points, Lines, and Planes

Undefined Terms
Explanation Dimension(s) Diagram Symbol
Set A __________ or
group of objects

Point determines a
__________

Line set of _________

that extend in
___________
directions without
ending
Plane set of _______ on
a _________
surface

Some Postulates
 Given any two pints, there is exactly ________ line that passes through the points.

 It takes _________ distinct non-collinear points to form a __________

 There is one-to-one correspondence between the set of all _________ on a line

and the set of all ________ _____________

Property (Examples)
Reflexive Property

Substitution Property

Distributive Property