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Expert: Sherman D. - 6/4/2006


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Affirming the antecedent:

1. determine whether the following argument is correct. if its not correct, explain whats wrong with the argument and change the minor premise to make a correct argument.

All NBA basketball players are over 5 feet tall.
Russell is 6 feet tall.
Therefore, Russell plays in the NBA.

please help me with this difficult question. thank you sooo much :)

Answer
The only way to make this true is

All NBA basketball players are over 5 feet tall.
"Bill" Russell is 6 feet 9 inches tall
Therefore, Russell plays in the NBA.

or

All NBA basketball players are over "6" feet tall.
Russell is 6 feet tall.
Therefore, Russell plays in the NBA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Russell_(basketball)

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Sherman D.

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I can answer questions dealing in mathematics of all kinds except for Physics and Calculus, but i can answer questions in Pre-Calculus and Chemistry. I can also answer questions in Recipes of all kinds. I can find games cheats/walkthroughs, but i can`t find a specific game online or offline. I can also do history and recipes for alcoholic beverages.

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Mathematics, Recipes, History, and Games.

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High School graduated. I graduated with honors, and i was in Beta Club for a year and a half.

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Principle's list and A and B honor roll in high school only.

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