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What is the contrapositive of the following statement?

If M is the midpoint of PQ , then PM is congruent to QM .

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Answer:

If PM is not congruent to QM then M is not the midpoint of PQ.

Explanation:

The contrapositive is written as If not the conclusion then not the hupothesis.

M is the midpoint of PQ is the hypothesis (the statement after "If").

PM is congruent to QM (the statement after "then").

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