INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. The arctic ice cap has been shrinking for several years as a result of global warming, and that trend is expected to continue. Therefore, since arctic polar bears depend on that ice for survival, the arctic polar bear population will shrink in the years

ahead.

A) Inductive, weak.

B) Deductive, invalid.

C) Inductive, strong.

D) Deductive, valid.

E) Inductive, uncogent.


C

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