Use the Law of Detachment and the Law of Syllogism to draw a conclusion from the following true statements. If you have an income, then you must pay taxes. If you have a job, then you have an income. You work as a cashier in a convenience store. You have a job. You work as a cashier. You must pay taxes. You have an income.

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Based on the given true statements, we can use the Law of Detachment and Law of Syllogism to draw the following conclusion:

1. If you have an income, then you must pay taxes. (Premise)
2. If you have a job, then you have an income. (Premise)
3. You work as a cashier in a convenience store. (Premise)
4. You have a job. (Premise)

Using the Law of Syllogism, we can combine statements 2 and 4 to form a new statement:

5. If you have a job, then you have an income.

Now, by applying the Law of Detachment, we can use statement 5 and statement 3 to draw a conclusion:

6. You have an income.

Therefore, based on the given information, we can conclude that you have an income.
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