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8 Cards in this Set
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. . . . EUCLID |
EGYPTIAN. TAUGHT MATH IN ALEXANDRIA IN 300 BC. WROTE THE BOOK "ELEMENTS" WHICH ORGANIZED ALL OF MATHMATICS KNOWN AT THE TIME
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. . . . EQUALATERAL TRIANGLE |
TRIANGLE WITH 3 SIDES OF EQUAL LENGTH
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. . . . CONSTRUCTIONS |
GEOMETRIC DRAWINGS MADE USING A COMPASS AND STRAIGHTEDGE (RULER)
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. . . . PERPENDICULAR LINE |
A LINE WHICH FORMS A RIGHT ANGLE (90 ) TO ANOTHER LINE
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. . . . SCIENTIFIC METHOD |
THE PROCESS OF FORMULATING (MAKING) GENERAL LAWS OF NATURE USING OBSERVATION TO DISCOVER REGULARITIES (THINGS THAT HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN THE SAME WAY)
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. . . . INDUCTIVE REASONING |
A METHOD USED TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS BASED ON A LIMITED NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS
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. . . . CONJECTURES |
CONCLUSIONS BASED ON INDUCTIVE REASONING (OBSERVATIONS MADE A NUMBER OF TIMES) WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE CORRECT
"AN EDUCATED GUESS" |
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. . . . DEDUCTIVE REASONING |
DRAWING CONCLUSIONS USING STATEMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY ACCEPTED AS TRUE.
"LOGIC" |
