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sunjay0801337
Tuesday, Apr 30 2024

Can someone please explain why this is not just background information and observation? I was getting kind of stumped by the finance jargon.

Premise: The net profit margin of a business is the revenue minus the expenses.

Conclusion: Thus, if the expenses decrease, the revenue can be reduced by the same amount without impacting the net profit margin.

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sunjay0801337
Sunday, Aug 25 2024

Is the difference between

"You must sit at (either) one end of the table or the other."

and

"Jon must (either) enroll in Economics 101 or Political Science 101 this semester."

just the placement of "either?"

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Saturday, Aug 24 2024

So in contrapositives, if one switches the sufficient and necessary conditions, does the negated sufficient condition somehow logically become the necessary condition and vice versa?

Like in the cats and mammals example. We go:

C -> M to /M -> /C

Is /C the new sufficient condition? If one is not a mammal, then one is not a cat. So if one is not a cat, would that be necessary or sufficient to say one is not a mammal? Or do they retain their respective statuses as sufficient ent and necessary after they are switched and negated?

Realistically, I can answer my own question. It seems like if one not being a mammal is still necessary for one not being a cat, because if one was not a cat, they could still be a dog and be a mammal. Im just wondering if I'm missing something, or if this plays out differently in any other examples?

Any help is appreciated!

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sunjay0801337
Monday, Jun 17 2024

Taking mine in August and hopefully not also in September!

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Thursday, Jun 13 2024

Would Once you realize this, you see that it doesn’t matter what ideas go into this structure also be a conditional statement, with realizing it being sufficient for seeing that it doesn't matter what ideas for into the structure?

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If you can't see that it doesn't matter what ideas go into the structure, then you can't realize this.

I did not see that it doesn't matter, therefore I did not realize this.

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I realized this; therefore I see it doesn't matter

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sunjay0801337
Tuesday, Jul 02 2024

Would "Parrots can never be clever" work in this instance? Or does this add too much to the original claim? Does this not rule out that some parrots are currently clever?

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Thursday, May 02 2024

In 3.1, why is "But this is not a sustainable, long term solution." a PREMISE and not a SUB-CONCLUSION??

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