INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. Judy and her friend Claire both love post impressionist painting, and Judy thought that the Gauguin exhibit at the museum was superb. Therefore, probably Claire would like that exhibit, too
A) Deductive, invalid.
B) Deductive, sound.
C) Inductive, weak.
D) Deductive, valid.
E) Inductive, strong.
E
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a. true b. false
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