What was the point of the excerpt about Huckleberry Finn's logic?
a. Huckleberry Finn was able to think more logically than Tom Sawyer.
b. Even if the premises are correct, the conclusions can be wrong.
c. If the premises are flawed, the conclusion will be wrong.
d. Huck was good at induction, but Tom was good at induction.
C
Huckleberry Finn's logic was correct but it led to the wrong conclusion because the premise that each state's true color corresponded to the color on his map was false.
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