INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. Dennis drives an old beat-up Volkswagen, lives in a cheap apartment, and his clothes are old and bedraggled. Dennis must not have much money

A) Inductive, strong.

B) Deductive, sound.

C) Deductive, valid.

D) Deductive, invalid.

E) Inductive, weak.


A

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