AlgebraLab

Biconditional

Subject undefined

Pronunciation: BI•con•DI•tion•al

Definition

A conditional statement and its converse can be combined to form a biconditional statement. A biconditional contains the words "if and only if".

Example

In the case of exponential equations: If a > 0 and a ≠ 1, then ab = ac if and only if b = c.