If the Nuts Are Stale, Then They Should Not Be

question 217

Multiple Choice

If the nuts are stale, then they should not be put into the salad. Thus, the nuts are stale, since they should not be put into the salad.

• A) Modus ponens.
• B) Denying the antecedent.
• C) Invalid.
• D) Affirming the consequent.
• E) Disjunctive syllogism.

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