Discrete Mathematics With Applications
Discrete Mathematics With Applications
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781337694193
Author: EPP, Susanna S.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 3.4, Problem 11ES

Some of the arguments in 7—18 are valid by universal modus ponens or universal modus tollens; others are invalid and exhibit the converse or the inverse error. State which are valid and which are invalid. Justify your answers.

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