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Conditional Statements Use if to specify a block of code to be executed, if a specified condition is true. Use else to specify a block of code to be executed, if the same condition is false. Use else if to specify a new condition to test, if the first condition is false.

A conditional statement is a statement that can be written in the form If P then Q, where P and Q are sentences. For this conditional statement, P is called the hypothesis and Q is called the conclusion. Intuitively, If P then Q means that Q must be true whenever P is true.

To negate a conditional statement, you have to realize that what you're negating is the conditional relationship. In other words, where the original statement says that A and B exist in a conditional relationship, you're saying that no, A and B do not exist in a conditional relationship.

Conditional Statements. A conditional statement (also called an If-Then Statement) is a statement with a hypothesis followed by a conclusion. Another way to define a conditional statement is to say, If this happens, then that will happen. The hypothesis is the first, or if, part of a conditional statement.

Definition. A conditional statement is a statement that can be written in the form If P then Q, where P and Q are sentences. For this conditional statement, P is called the hypothesis and Q is called the conclusion. Intuitively, If P then Q means that Q must be true whenever P is true.

Conditional Statement Examples If my cat is hungry, then she will rub my leg. If a polygon has exactly four sides, then it is a quadrilateral. If triangles are congruent, then they have equal corresponding angles.

The difference is that when you put forth an argument you commit yourself to the truth of all its parts--even if "only for the sake of the argument." When you assert a conditional, however, you do not commit yourself to the truth of either its antecedent or its consequent.

Another way to define a conditional statement is to say, If this happens, then that will happen. The hypothesis is the first, or if, part of a conditional statement. The conclusion is the second, or then, part of a conditional statement. The conclusion is the result of a hypothesis.

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The take away for this week is that, if you see until, unless, except, or without embedded in your LR question, then you've encountered a necessary condition. The most efficacious way to diagram these statements is to simply swap the unless for an if not, and diagram that negation.