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How to write postulate in if-then form?

Please consider following postulate:

A line contains at least two points.

My attempt of the if-then form is as follows:

If it's a line, then it contains at least two points.

Am I correct?  If yes, then is it also correct that this conditional statement is FALSE?


This is high school geometry problem.
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"Am I correct?  If yes, then is it also correct that this conditional statement is FALSE?"
as has been said, yes
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but what is the conditional statement that you are saying is false?
Is this homework, or are you cheating on a test :-)  Let's assume you are gaining better understanding of rewriting postulates in the if-then form.

So your postulate is a correctly stated postulate (Postulate 1 if you are into numbers)

Your if-then conclusion is logically correct and supported by the postulate.

You have not created a conditional statement that has the possibility of being FALSE given Postulate 1.  But perhaps you are wanting to understand the Inverse statement, which would be

If it is not a line, then it does not contain at least two points.