Question

Please help babes!

1. Provide a counterexample for the statement below.
"if an angle is acute, then it measures 72 degrees."
2. write the contrapositive for the statement below.
"if a library book is returned late, then you will have to pay a fee."
3. complete the sentence below.
50,47,44,41 _____, ______, ______

Answer 1

1. If an angle is not acute, then it does not measure 72 degrees.

2.If you don't have to pay a fee, then a library book is not returned late.

3. 38,35,32

Explanation:

1. A counterexample is simply the opposite of what is being said.

2. Contrapositive means flipped around and negated. So basically, just say the opposite and change the order of the sentence.

3.It is a pattern, subtracting three every time.