Which variable is most important to the following problem? Ralph and Patrick play on a basketball team.
Ralph played the whole first quarter and the first 4 minutes of the second quarter.
Patrick played the rest of the second quarter and all of the third quarter.
Ralph played the whole
fourth quarter.
Each quarter is 10 minutes long.
How long did Patrick play
during the second quarter?

A. the number of times Patrick was substituted into the game

B. the number of minutes Patrick played in the second quarter

C. the length of a quarter

D. the number of players on the team

Write the contrapositive of the conditional statement. determine whether the contrapositive is true or false. if it is false, find a counterexample. a converse statement is formed by exchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of the conditional. a) a non-converse statement is not formed by exchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of the conditional. true b) a statement not formed by exchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of the conditional is a converse statement. false; an inverse statement is not formed by exchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of the conditional. c) a non-converse statement is formed by exchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of the conditional. false; an inverse statement is formed by negating both the hypothesis and conclusion of the conditional. d) a statement not formed by exchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of the conditional is not a converse statement. true