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OpenStudy (lovelyanna):

Which completes the syllogism? All rectangles are parallelograms. All squares are rectangles. Therefore, ________________ A. all squares have four sides. B. all squares are parallelograms. C. all squares are polygons. D. all polygons are squares. I think its B

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[p\rightarrow q\] \[q\rightarrow r\] \[p\rightarrow r\] Looks legit to me.

OpenStudy (lovelyanna):

Oh, so is B correct?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It does follow directly from the previous two statements. A and C are true statements, but logical arguments are valid based on form, not truth-value. D is false, but more importantly, nothing in the first two lines of the syllogism mentions polygons.

OpenStudy (lovelyanna):

True! Then B it is!

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