Question

20 POINTS!! GIVING BRAINLIEST TO FIRST ANSWER!! Determine if the following is valid or invalid and give the reason why or why not. If you see a leopard then you will want to run. If you want to run, then you will try to run. If you run the leopard will chase you. Mr. Small won't save you if the leopard is not chasing you You are relieved if Mr. Small saves you. therefore If you see a leopard you will be relieved. Question 1 options: Converse Error Law of Syllogism using Contrapositive Law of Detachment Law of Detachment using Contrapositive Inverse Error Law of Syllogism

Answer 1

Answer:

Invalid/ valid depending on the explanation.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is because using the Law of Syllogism,

P  If you see a leopard then you will want to run.

Q If you want to run, then you will try to run.

R If you run the leopard will chase you.

There is no then and would result in a cause with no effect. Since there is no effect, then Mr.Small wont save you.

However, even if you put aside the way it is written, you can say that it is still invalid due to the law of Syllogism. P --> Q and Q--> R

Each event would lead to another but this phrase

Mr. Small won't save you if the leopard is not chasing you

This doesn't mean that Mr.Small will save you if the leopard chases you.

Unless it says If the leopard is chasing you, then Mr.Small will save you, it won't be valid.