Question

Find the argument form for the following argument and determine whether it is valid. Can we conclude that the conclusion is true if the premises are true?

Answer 1

plz see attach file

Answer 2

no one can do that

Answer 3

you're in the wrong subject, that's why no one's answering

Answer 4

and i have no idea, sorry :/

Answer 5

No, this is a math question.

Answer 6

que?

Answer 7

It's basic logic like is used in geometry.

Answer 8

that is math question

Answer 9

This is in the form of a syllogism which is equivalent to the transitive property:
If a=b and b=c, then a=c.

Answer 10

i'll derp somewhere else then lol. sorry, i'm stoopid.

Answer 11

Discrete Mathematics

Answer 12

Yeah, you'll see this stuff when you deal with finite sets and whatnot.

Answer 13

Anyway, the argument form is syllogism which looks like this:
p->q
r->p
r->q

It only works if the premise is true.

Answer 14

Here, the premise is: "George does not have eight legs."
The conclusion that follows from that premise is: "George is not an insect."

You can only conclude that George is not an insect if you are given that he does not have eight legs.

What you are given is that he is an insect. The premise talks about number of legs and the given information says nothing about number of legs, so this is inconclusive.

"George has eight legs" does not follow from this form of argument.

It is not valid.

(It's also not true, but that's not what it was asking).

Answer 15

If you know how to construct the converse, inverse, and contrapositive, that'll help you see which statements are logically equivalent.