INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. Cancer is a disease that has afflicted humans for thousands of years. Therefore, many of the ancient Romans must have died of cancer
A) Deductive, valid.
B) Deductive, invalid.
C) Inductive, strong.
D) Inductive, sound.
E) Inductive, weak.
C
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