Twisted

Started by JenaeHB · started 2014-10-16 18:08 · last activity 2019-07-31 23:24 · 6 replies

I got twisted around by the words and didn't set the problem up correctly. Would you mind helping me out by showing me the correct way?

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  1. Naz · 2014-10-17 00:48

    Let's diagram: "Some people are Montagues," P1: P-some-M M-some-P "and some people are Capulets." P2: P-some-C C-some-P "No Montague can be crossed in love." P3: M ==> not CL CL ==> not M "All Capulets can be crossed in love." P4: C ==> CL not CL ==> not C "Anyone who is not a Montague is intemperate." P5: not M ==> I not I ==> M "no Montague is intemperate" P6: M ==> not I I ==> not M "Therefore, Capulets are not Montagues." C: C ==> not M M ==> not C Answer choice (E): "All Capulets are intemperate." (E): C ==> I not I ==> not C We can connect P4 to the contrapositive of P3 like so: C ==> CL ==> not M to conclude: C ==> not M, which we can connect to P5 like so: C ==> not M ==> I. Therefore, we can conclude: C ==> I, which is answer choice (E). Hope that clears things up! Please let us know if you have any other questions.
  2. JenaeHB · 2014-10-22 16:58

    Helps clears a lotz
  3. JenaeHB · 2014-10-22 16:59

    Helps clear a lot of questions
  4. Advaith · 2015-08-10 22:13

    Very helpful
  5. RyanSpencer · 2019-07-15 23:49

    So, this questions focuses on our ability to use the transitive property?
  6. Ravi · 2019-07-31 23:24

    @JenaehB and @Advaith, we're happy to read that this was helpful! @RyanSpencer, this question tests one's ability to understand quantifiers and put together conditional logic chains that can push out inferences. Let us know if you have any other questions!

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