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1. Given the true conditional statement: "If a pumpkin helps others across the road, then the pumpkin is a crossing gourd." A pumpkin

named Jack helped Pumpkin Pi to cross the road. Decide if the statement is a logical conclusion based only on the information above.
Explain how you know.
a. Pumpkin Pi is a crossing gourd.
b. Jack is a crossing gourd

User Hawkett
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Final answer:

Based on the given information, we can conclude that Jack is a crossing gourd, but we cannot conclude that Pumpkin Pi is a crossing gourd.

Step-by-step explanation:

A conditional statement expresses the logical relationship between two propositions. In this case, the conditional statement is: 'If a pumpkin helps others across the road, then the pumpkin is a crossing gourd.' Based on the information given, a pumpkin named Jack helped Pumpkin Pi cross the road. We can conclude that Jack is a crossing gourd because he fulfilled the condition stated in the conditional statement. However, we cannot conclude that Pumpkin Pi is a crossing gourd because we were not given any information about Pumpkin Pi helping others across the road. Therefore, option b is a logical conclusion, but option a is not.

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Answer:

b. it's confusing

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