Discrete Mathematics: Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning
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Publisher: Cengage Learning
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To provide a minor premise to the argument based on the provided Major premises, the deduced conclusion and using the fact that Modus Ponens/ Modus Tollens is applicable.
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