Here is an argument with an unstated premise or conclusion. Translate it into a standard-form syllogism and determine whether the reasoning is valid.The guys must have gone home early, since none of them were at the Bear.

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All members of the guys' group are people not at the Bear; [all people not at the Bear are people who went home early]; therefore, all members of the guys' group are people who went home early. Valid.

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