The following argument "(1)If Jones is pregnant, then Jones is a female, (2) Jones is not a female, (3) therefore Jones is not pregnant," is an example of
a. modus ponens
b. modus tollens
c. disjunctive syllogism.
d. denying the antecedent.
b. modus tollens
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