What is the converse of the following conditional statement?
"If a person is a teenager, then the person is 13 years old or older."
Determine if the converse is true or false and give a counterexample if the converse is false.
If a person is not a teenager, then the person is not 13 years old or older. The converse is false; a counterexample is a person who is 12 years old.
If a person is 13 years old or older, then the person is a teenager. The converse is false; a counterexample is a person who is 20 years old.
If a person is a teenager, then the person is 13 years old or older. The converse is true.
If a person is 13 years old or older, then the person is a teenager. The converse is true.
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The converse of the conditional statement "If a person is a teenager, then the person is 13 years old or older" is "If a person is 13 years old or older, then the person is a teenager." This converse is true.