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. The weather is stormy. If driving is difficult, then the weather is stormy. not possible Driving is difficult. Driving is not difficult.
Using the Law of Detachment, we can draw the following conclusions:
1. If the weather is stormy, then driving is difficult.
2. The weather is stormy.
Therefore, we can conclude that driving is difficult.
To use the Law of Detachment, we need two statements: a conditional statement (if-then statement) and a hypothesis. The Law of Detachment states that if the hypothesis is true, and the conditional statement is true, then we can conclude that the conclusion is true.
In this case, let's examine the two statements you provided:
1. Driving is difficult if the weather is stormy.
2. The weather is stormy.
From the two statements, we can see that the first statement is a conditional statement, and the second statement is the hypothesis. However, we don't have a conclusion that follows from these statements.
According to the Law of Detachment, if driving is difficult when the weather is stormy, and we know that the weather is stormy, then we can conclude that driving is difficult. However, we don't have any information about the difficulty of driving in the given statements, so we cannot make any further conclusions.
Therefore, using the Law of Detachment, we cannot draw a conclusion in this case.