Question

Use the law of syllogism to make a conclusion. If the weather is wet, the Huskies will not play soccer.If the Huskies do not play soccer, Nathan can stop at the ice cream shop.

A) If it is sunny, then Nathan can stop at the ice cream shop
B) If the Huskies do not play soccer, then the weather is wet
C) If the weather is wet, Nathan can stop at the ice cream shop
D)If Nathan stops at the ice cream shop, then the weather is wet

Answer 1

Among choice above the one statement that use the law of syllogism is letter C which is "If the weather is wet, Nathan can stop at the ice cream shop". The law of syllogism takes two conditional statements and forms a conclusion by combining the hypothesis of one statement with the conclusion of another.