Is/was
In problem 10-15, you found that the measure of an inscribed angle was half of the measure of its corresponding central angle in the cases you tested.
Shouldn't "was" be "is" as it in the present, it still holds to be true?
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Shouldn't "was" be "is" as it in the present, it still holds to be true? No. In English we are much more inclined to match tenses than to bother with the niceties of the logic of time.
- Shouldn't "was" be "is" as it in the present, it still holds to be true?
- No.
- In English we are much more inclined to match tenses than to bother with the niceties of the logic of time.
- you found (past) that ...
- angle was (past) half ...
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Shouldn't "was" be "is" as it in the present, it still holds to be true?
No. In English we are much more inclined to match tenses than to bother with the niceties of the logic of time.
... you found (past) that ... angle was (past) half ... cases you tested (past).
Even though we say 'was', of course we don't mean that
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