Question

as maite’s mother left for work, she quickly gave maite some instructions. “if you need me, call my cell phone. if i do not answer, then it means i’m in a meeting. the meeting will not last more than 30 minutes, and i will call you back when the meeting is over.” later that day, maite tried to call her mother’s cell phone, but her mother was in a meeting and could not answer the phone. maite concludes that she will have to wait no more than 30 minutes before she gets a call back from her mother. what law of logic did maite use to draw this conclusion? choose the answer that correctly completes the statement. maite used the law of select choice select choice detachment syllogism

Explanation:

The Law of Detachment states that if a conditional statement is true and its hypothesis is true, then its conclusion is true. Maite's mother's instruction “If I do not answer, then it means I'm in a meeting. The meeting will not last more than 30 minutes, and I will call you back when the meeting is over” is a conditional statement. Maite's mother not answering means the hypothesis is true, so she concludes (the conclusion) that she'll wait no more than 30 minutes for a call - back, which is an application of the Law of Detachment.

Answer:

Detachment