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#51 Help Me ! » Last one for tonight » 2007-10-30 18:26:23

rune2402
Replies: 5

Just want to see if you get what i get.

Identify the argument as valid or invalid.
The argument has a true conclusion. All dogs have fur. All cats have fur. ______________ A cat is not a dog.

    a.     Valid 
    b.     Invalid

I think it is valid.

#52 Re: Help Me ! » valid or invalid » 2007-10-30 18:23:32

Oh my god. I am learning more here than in school. Thanks so much i have a test in the mornin.

#53 Help Me ! » last one and Ill reply valid or invalid » 2007-10-30 18:18:56

rune2402
Replies: 2

Identify the argument as valid or invalid.
The argument has a true conclusion. All dogs have fur. All cats have fur. ______________ A cat is not a dog.

I think it is valid.

#54 Help Me ! » Rewrite argument. » 2007-10-30 18:12:36

rune2402
Replies: 6

Use the method of writing each premise in symbols in order to write a conclusion that yields a valid argument.
If I get robbed, I will go to court. I got robbed.

    a.     I will get robbed in court. 
    b.     I will not go to court. 
    c.     I will go to court. 
    d.     I will not get robbed in court

#55 Help Me ! » valid or invalid » 2007-10-30 17:52:03

rune2402
Replies: 9

Determine whether the argument is valid or invalid.
Loretta's hobby is stamp collecting. If her husband likes to fish, then Loretta's hobby is not stamp collecting. If her husband does not like to fish, then Nathan likes to read. Therefore, Nathan likes to read.

#56 Help Me ! » if p then q » 2007-10-30 17:49:01

rune2402
Replies: 1

Rewrite the statement in the form "if p, then q".
I will lose weight if I diet.

#57 Re: Help Me ! » Argument validity. Is this argument valid? » 2007-10-26 13:29:55

Wow! Thank. That is soooo funny. Talk about a revelation. Thank you so much. I wonder what a venn diagram or euler might look like for this.

#58 Euler Avenue » how does one draw a euler diagram » 2007-10-26 12:51:03

rune2402
Replies: 0

how does one draw a Euler diagram to determine the validity of the following argument:



Some philosophers are absent minded.
Zitta N is a philosopher.
_____________________________
Zitta N is absent minded.

If someone would draw a pic that would be great.

#59 Help Me ! » Argument validity. Is this argument valid? » 2007-10-26 12:11:55

rune2402
Replies: 3

Some philosophers are absent minded.
Zitta N is a philosopher.
_____________________________
Zitta N is absent minded.

#61 Help Me ! » True or false : For every number x, x<13 or x>6 » 2007-10-23 09:33:19

rune2402
Replies: 2

I figure it's true since any number 7-12 would make both statements true.

Not sure though.

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