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Determine whether each argument is valid or invalid. A recent DirecTV commercial had th...

Determine whether each argument is valid or invalid.

A recent DirecTV commercial had the following script: “When the cable company keeps you on hold, you feel trapped. When you feel trapped, you need to feel free. When you need to feel free, you try hang-gliding. When you try hang-gliding, you crash into things. When you crash into things, the grid goes down. When the grid goes down, crime goes up, and when crime goes up, your dad gets punched over a can of soup . . . ”

(a) Use reasoning by transitivity and all the component statements to draw a valid conclusion.

(b) If we added the line, “Your dad does not get punched over a can of soup,” what valid conclusion could be drawn?

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