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Learns the five rules, which are HS, LA, DS, DP, CL
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Quick review: Symbolize and identify the sentence: a) It is raining or it is sunny, and I am tired. b) Either I am wrong and question number one is true or question number two is true. Reminder : Quiz on Day 1 next week!! RVS AT who (^) VT
Warm Up Prove: A. B Given: 1. A. C 1. Premise
Law of Addition (LA): Recall: Disjunction P / Q...... Given as a premise.... What must be true? P, or Q, (or both P and Q) must be true. What can you conclude? I am a student Premise (given, true) I am a student or I am a lawyer True I am a student or pigs can fly!! True Note: only 1 must be true!! Law of Addition (LA) - as long as one part of the disjunction is true, then the whole statement is true. The Rule in Symbols: see example below: Ex: Prove S / T
LAW OF DISJUNCTIVE SYLLOGISM (DS) Given: Either it is raining or it is sunny. P / Q If it is raining, then we stay indoors. P โ R If it is sunny, then we go outside. Q โ S Symbolized: 1. P / Q
Practice Time !!!!!! Practice Makes Perfect! Practice Problem # 1 Prove: ~A / B
White Board Time.... Which Law: soooooo FN For PUG LA 7 AVB TP TT
Which Law: Which Law: S pp
Which Law: Which Law: HS DP