document.write( "Question 1201697: Is the rule of conjunction like this example true? P v Q
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document.write( "Is the rule of conjunction like this example true? P v Q\r\n" );
document.write( "Q v P\r\n" );
document.write( "therefore (P v Q) · (Q v P)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Yes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Here is what disjunctive syllogism is all about:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Yes, if both these are true\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. You have a cat  \r\n" );
document.write( "2. You have a dog\r\n" );
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document.write( "then this is true:\r\n" );
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document.write( "3. You have a cat AND you have a dog.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Is this example a disjunctive syllogism? \r\n" );
document.write( "P v Q\r\n" );
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document.write( "No it is not.  Take off the ~ on the ~P. Then this would be a case of\r\n" );
document.write( "disjunctive syllogism.\r\n" );
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document.write( "P v Q\r\n" );
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document.write( "Here is what disjunctive syllogism is all about:\r\n" );
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document.write( "If both the following are true:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. You have a cat OR you have a dog.\r\n" );
document.write( "2. You do not have a cat.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then this is true:\r\n" );
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document.write( "3.  You have a dog.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The last question I need help on is this a simplification proof example \r\n" );
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document.write( "A v B\r\n" );
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document.write( "No, it is not. Replace the v by · and it would be.\r\n" );
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document.write( "This is simplification:\r\n" );
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document.write( "A ∙ B\r\n" );
document.write( "A\r\n" );
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document.write( "Here is what simplification is all about:\r\n" );
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document.write( "If the following is true:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1.  You have a cat AND you have a dog\r\n" );
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document.write( "then this is true:\r\n" );
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document.write( "2.  You have a cat.\r\n" );
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