Homework Help: math

Posted by thawk on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 7:05pm.

please help...

determine if the argument is valid or invalid along with the appropriate form of argument.

if harvard hustles then harvard wins
harvard wins
___________________
harvard hustles

are these statements:
valid by law of detachment
valid by law of contraposition
invalid by fallacy of the converse
invalid by fallacy of the inverse

can you show me how you receive answer so i can study it. thanks

math - bobpursley, Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 8:50pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent

sometimes, but not often called the fallacy of the converse. See link.

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