Question

Given the conditional statement, match the following.
Polygons that are squares are rectangles.

1. Converse
2. Inverse
3. Contrapositive

__If a polygon is not a square, then it is not a rectangle.
__If a polygon is a rectangle, then it is a square.
__If a polygon is not a rectangle, then it is not a square.

Answer 1

2, 1, 3
the first is the inverse because the statement is negated
the second is the converse because it is “flipping” the statement
the third is the contrapositive because it is the inverse of the converse