Read the following two statements. Then, if possible, use the Law of Detachment to draw a conclusion. Driving is difficult if the weather is stormy. Driving is difficult. not possible The weather is stormy. If driving is difficult, then the weather is stormy. The weather is not stormy.
The Law of Detachment states that if a conditional statement is true and the hypothesis is true, then the conclusion is true.
Given:
Statement 1: Driving is difficult if the weather is stormy.
Statement 2: Driving is difficult.
Conclusion: The conclusion cannot be determined using the Law of Detachment because there is no direct correlation between the difficulty of driving and the weather being stormy.
To use the Law of Detachment, you need two statements: a conditional statement (if-then statement) and the hypothesis (the "if" part) of that conditional statement. In this case, the conditional statement is "if driving is difficult, then the weather is stormy."
We have the following two statements:
1. Driving is difficult.
2. The weather is not stormy.
To apply the Law of Detachment, we need the hypothesis "if driving is difficult." However, statement 1 does not explicitly provide the information about the hypothesis being true or false. We cannot conclusively determine the weather conditions based on these statements alone.
Therefore, using the Law of Detachment, we cannot draw a conclusion in this case.
To use the Law of Detachment, we need a conditional statement (if-then statement) and a fact that the conditional statement is true.
In this case, we have the following conditional statement:
If driving is difficult, then the weather is stormy.
We also have the fact that driving is difficult.
By applying the Law of Detachment, we can conclude that the weather is stormy.