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Answer:
B. If A plant is bamboo, then it is a grass. If a plant is a grass, then it is a graminoid. A plant is bamboo. Therefore, the plant is a graminoid.
Step-by-step explanation:
A syllogism is a sequential implication:
If p then q, and If q then r ⇒ p therefore r.
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To choose the example, you need to find the elements of each implication and see if they match this pattern.
A: p ⇒ q; q ⇒ r; r ∴ p . . . . not a syllogism
B: p ⇒ q; q ⇒ r; p ∴ r . . . . the syllogism we're looking for
C: p ⇒ q; q ∴ p . . . . not a syllogism
D: p ⇒ q; p ∴ q . . . . not a syllogism
