INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. When asked how to address the militaristic ambitions of North Korea, two Republican senators said we should drop bombs on Pyongyang, and a third said we should invade. The obvious conclusion is that Republicans are all a bunch of war mongers

A) Inductive, strong.

B) Deductive, invalid.

C) Inductive, cogent.

D) Deductive, valid.

E) Inductive, weak.


E

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