if possible, use the law of syllogism to make a conclusion. if it is not possible to make a conclusion, tell…
if possible, use the law of syllogism to make a conclusion. if it is not possible to make a conclusion, tell why. if patrick is potty trained, then he will sleep at my house. if patrick sleeps at my house, then we will have pancakes for breakfast. which conclusion is valid? a. if patrick is potty trained, then we will have pancakes for breakfast. b. if we have pancakes for breakfast, then patrick is potty trained. c. if patricks not potty trained, then we wont have pancakes for breakfast. d. none of the conclusions are valid because neither conclusion of the conditional statements is the hypothesis of the other statement.
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Brief Explanations:
The Law of Syllogism states that if (p\rightarrow q) and (q\rightarrow r), then (p\rightarrow r). Here, (p) is "Patrick is potty - trained", (q) is "Patrick will sleep at my house", and (r) is "we will have pancakes for breakfast". Since we have (p\rightarrow q) and (q\rightarrow r), we can conclude (p\rightarrow r).
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A. If Patrick is potty trained, then we will have pancakes for breakfast