INSTRUCTIONS: Identify the form of each argument. Those without a specific name are invalid. If rainfall is normal, then grain reserves will not be tapped, because if the harvest is not abundant, then grain reserves will be tapped, and if rainfall is normal, then the harvest will be abundant
A) Pure hypothetical syllogism.
B) Invalid.
C) Denying the antecedent.
D) Modus tollens.
E) Affirming the consequent.
B
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