document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=485670>Question 485670</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please please help me, i have posted this problem several times and no one will respond.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if the argument is valid, name which of the four valid forms of argument is represented. if it is not valid, name the fallacy that is represented.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if i sing in the shower, then i will not be overheard while singing.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i was overheard while singing<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore i did not sing in the shower.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i was overheard while singing<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore i did not sing in the shower.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this looks like it is valid by the law of contra-position.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the law of contra-position states:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if p then q<BR>\n" );
document.write( "not q<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore not p\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let p = i sing in the shower<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let q = i will not be overheard while singing.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the statement:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if i sing in the shower then i will not be overheads while singing<BR>\n" );
document.write( "translates to:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p -> q\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i was overhead while singing translates to:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "~q\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "therefore i did not sing in the shower translates to:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "~p\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the whole argument of:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if i sing in the shower, then i will not be overheard while singing.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i was overheard while singing<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore i did not sing in the shower.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "translates to:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p -> q<BR>\n" );
document.write( "~q<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore ~p\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is valid by the law of contra-position.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "here's some additional information that might be helpful.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "v means or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "^ means and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "~ means not<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-> means implies<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<-> means is equivalent to\r<BR>\n" );
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