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Chapter 3.5
Inductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Using patterns to predict
future occurrences

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Conjecture
A generalization made through
inductive reasoning
Use Inductive Reasoning
to Predict The Next Figure

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How Many Segments are formed
by Collinear Points?
# of points # of segments
AB A B
2 1
AB AC BC
3 A B C
3
AB AC AD
4 BC BD CD A B C D
6
5 A B C D E
Use Inductive Reasoning
to Predict The Next Figure
1
2
3
4
5
How many dots in the 14th figure?

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