INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. If malaria becomes drug resistant, then countless victims will perish. If malaria becomes drug resistant, then a major health crisis will erupt. Therefore, if a major health crisis erupts, then countless victims will perish
A) Deductive, invalid.
B) Deductive, sound.
C) Inductive, strong.
D) Inductive, weak.
E) Deductive, valid.
A
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