Deductive Reasoning

Using the statements:
If it is Friday, then I will get paid.
It is Friday.
Write the conclusion.

• It is not Friday
• It is Friday
• I will not get paid
• I will get paid

Using the Law of Syllogism, which of the following completes the statement to form a valid conclusion?
If it is snowing heavily, then school will be canceled.
If school is canceled, the big test will not be given today.
It is snowing heavily, then...

• Look out for the snowplows while driving to school.
• The big test will not be given today.
• The roads will be hard to drive on.
• You should call the school to see if school is canceled.

Which is a valid conclusion from these statements?
If a quadrilateral is a rhombus, then it is a parallelogram.
If a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then its opposite angles are congruent.

• Opposite angles of a quadrilateral are congruent
• Opposite angles of a rhombus are congruent
• Every quadrilateral is a rhombus
• Every parallelogram is a rhombus

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.11

Which statement is a valid conclusion based on the argument?
If a polygon is a regular pentagon, then the polygon has exactly five congruent angles.
The polygon is a regular pentagon.

• Therefore, the polygon is a rectangle.
• Therefore, the polygon is a regular quadrilateral.
• Therefore, the polygon has exactly five congruent angles.
• Therefore, the polygon has congruent sides.

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CCSS.8.G.A.2

(1) If you drive safely, then the life you save may be your own.
(2) AJ drives safely.
(3)  The life AJ saves may be his own.
Is statement (3) logical given the Law of Detachment, Syllogism, Contrapositive, or is it invalid?

• Law of Detachment
• Law of Syllogism
• Law of Contrapositive
• invalid

(1) If a figure is a square, then it is a polygon.
(2) Figure A is a polygon.
(3)  ???????
What belongs in line 3?

• Figure A is a polygon.
• Figure A is a circle.
• Figure A is a square.
• invalid; nothing belongs in line 3

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CCSS.2.G.A.1

p→q
q→r
∴p→r
Which law is modeled?

• Law of Syllogism
• Law of Detachment
• Law of Contrapositive
• Law of Shannon

p→q
p
∴q
Which law is modeled?

• Law of Syllogism
• Law of Detachment
• Law of Contrapositive
• Law of Shannon

If an angle is 40⁰, then it is acute.
∠A is 40⁰.
Using the Law of Detachment, what is the logical statement to conclude?

• ∠A is complementary to ∠B
• ∠A is acute.
• ∠A is obtuse.
• ∠A is 40⁰

Use Law of Syllogism to make a conclusion.
 If a number is divisible by 10, then it is divisible by 2.  If a number is divisible by 2, then it is even.

• If a number is divisible by 10, then it is even,
• If a number is even, then it is divisible by 10.
• If a number is divisible by 2, then it is even.
• If a number is even, then it is divisible by 2.