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1.1 Patterns and Inductive Reasoning. Geometry Mrs. Blanco. Objectives:. Find and describe patterns. Use inductive reasoning to make real-life conjectures. Ex. 1: Describing a Visual Pattern. 1)Sketch the next figure in the pattern. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5. 6. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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1.1 Patterns and Inductive Reasoning
GeometryMrs. Blanco
Objectives:• Find and describe patterns.• Use inductive reasoning to make real-life
conjectures.
Ex. 1: Describing a Visual Pattern
1)Sketch the next figure in the pattern.
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Ex. 1: Describing a Visual Pattern - Solution
• The sixth figure in the pattern has 6 squares in the bottom row.
5 6
Ex. 1: Cont…2) Find the distance around each figure. Organize your results in a table.
3) Describe the patterns in the distances.
4) Predict the distance around the twentieth figure in this pattern.
Ex. 2: Describe a pattern in the sequence of numbers. Predict the next number.
a. 1, 4, 16, 64, …
b. 10, 5, 2.5, 1.25, …
c. 256, 16, 4, 2, …
d. 48, 16, , , …
16
3
16
9
256 (multiply previous number by 4)
0.625 (divide previous number by 2)
(take the square root of previous number)
16/27 (divide previous number by 3)
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Using Inductive Reasoning
Much of the reasoning you need in geometry consists of 3 stages:
1. Look for a Pattern: Use diagrams and tables to help
2. Make a Conjecture. Unproven statement that is based on observations
3. Verify the conjecture—make sure that conjecture is true in all cases.
Ex. 3: Complete the ConjectureConjecture: The sum of the first n odd positive integers is
______.First odd positive integer:1 = 12 1 + 3 = 4 = 22 1 + 3 + 5 = 9 = 32 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 = 16 = 42 The sum of the first n odd positive integers is n2.
Note:• To prove that a conjecture is true,
you need to prove it is true in all cases. • To prove that a conjecture is
false, you need to provide a single counterexample.
Ex. 4: Finding a counterexampleShow the conjecture is false by finding a
counterexample.1)For all real numbers x, the expressions x2 is
greater than or equal to x.
The conjecture is false. Here is a counterexample: (0.5)2 = 0.25, and 0.25 is NOT greater than or equal to 0.5. In fact, any number between 0 and 1 is a counterexample.
Another:Ex. 4: Finding a counterexample
Show the conjecture is false by finding a counterexample.
2) The difference of two positive numbers is always positive.
The conjecture is false. Here is a counterexample: 2-3 =-1
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