Question #1028

first premise confusion

Started by laurenkirwan · started 2019-09-28 16:29 · last activity 2019-09-28 19:34 · 2 replies

I watched the video, but could not understand how to come up with not PM-->S. I never would have gathered that on my own. Can you please explain further how you gathered that?

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  1. SamA · 2019-09-28 17:39

    Hello @laurenkirwan, Let's focus on an important phrase in the passage: "The only alternative is subsidy." This narrows the press' options for survival down to two. 1. Make a profit (PM) 2. Get a subsidy (S) From this, we are able to gather: not PM - - - - - - -> S or not S - - - - - - - - -> PM The press must do one or the other in order to survive. We know that if the press doesn't make a profit, then it must get a subsidy. Does that answer your question?

  2. laurenkirwan · 2019-09-28 19:34

    Yes! Thank you for the prompt reply.

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