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A statement that is true both forwards and backwards is called a ____.

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I believe it's called a palindrome
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The answer is biconditional statement.


A biconditional statement is a statement that can be rewritten as a conditional or a converse. It is deemed true if the conditional and the converse statement is true. You can tell whether the statement is biconditional with the words, "if and only if."


Here is an example:

A polygon is a quadrilateral if and only if it has four sides.

A polygon has four sides, if and only if, it is a quadrilateral.


Since both statements are true, then this is a true biconditional statement.

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