Determine whether the arguments are deductive or inductive; state what type of a

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Determine whether the arguments are deductive or inductive; state what type of argument is used.

1. If Ned believes in God, then Homer does not. Ned believes in God. Therefore, Homer does not.

2. Cool Carl has a mustache and goes on many dates. If Liam grows a mustache, he too will go on many dates.

3. Frank Reynolds is a divorcé and a widower because his wife divorced him and then died.

4. According to Rick, life is meaningless because there are infinite alternative timelines where everything that could happen will happen. Rick is the smartest man in the universe, therefore it must be true that there are infinite alternative timelines.

5. Phillip J. Fry II is a doctor. But Zoidberg is also a doctor. So, there are two doctors aboard the Planet Express ship.

Determine whether arguments are valid or invalid. If an argument is invalid, prove it with counterexamples; if valid, state what type of argument is used.

1. Either Fox Mulder will find out who the Smoking Man is, or he will learn what happened to his sister. Fox does not find out what happens to his sister. Hence, Fox will not find out who the Smoking man is.

2. If Charlie is a genius, then Charlie will cease to love the waitress. Charlie does not cease to love the waitress; therefore Charlie is not a genius.

3. If Michael invests in Oscar’s lemon grove, then Michael can’t invest in Tobias and Gob’s coffee company, Gobias Industries, which would boost their self-esteem. But if Michael invests in Oscar’s lemon grove, Lucille to will become a board member of the Bluth company, which Michael will regret. It follows that, if Michael does not invest in Oscar’s lemon grove, he will be able boost Tobias’ and Gob’s self-esteem and will avoid doing something regretful.

Explanation / Answer

1. Deductive argument . It is invalid unsound argument.

2. Inductive Argument. Weak and Uncogent.

3. Deductive Argument. It is Valid and sound argument.

4. Inductive Argument. Weak and Uncogent

5. Deductive Argument. Valid and sound

Valid or Invalid

1. Argument is Invalid. Both the cases are different in this scenario there is no relation between finding out the smoking man and to learn what happened to foxs sister. There is no connection between them atleast he should have found out either of one case. There is no relevance between the two statements.

2. Statement 2 is valid statement. It is Deductive argument vaild and sound statement. Charlie will be considered genius only if he is manage to convince the waitress which is was not able to. So he was not considered as genius.

3. Statement is Invaild.Inductive argument weak and uncogent.Statement is invaild as there is no relation between the companies of bluth gobs and tobias with the investment os michael in lemon grove.

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