s. Which of the following words typi cally introduces a conclusion? a. neither b

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s. Which of the following words typi cally introduces a conclusion? a. neither b. or consequentl c. for e. since Vhat is the conclusion of the following argument? A manned mission to Mars should be a high untapped resources. a. Mars contains many resources b. M c. a manned mission to Mars should be a high priority for NASA d. a manned mission to Mars priority for NASA because Mars contains many ars contains many untapped resources The opposite of an implicit premise is an a. omitted 5. emise d. ambi e, lexplicit c. absolute Which sorts of arguments can be valid? a. all inductive, but only some deductive d. only deductive b. only inductive c, all deductive and all inductive 6. e. all deductive, but only some inductive Extra Credit What is the implicit premise in the following argument? Since it is raining outside, the wedding will be held inside the country club EC. a. There is a wedding today b. The wedding will be inside the country club if it is raining outside. c. The wedding was supposed to be outside d. There cannot be a wedding in the rain e. There is a backup plan for the wedding, in case of rain Can an inductive argument and a deductive argument have the same conclusion? a. Yes, but only if the conclusion is false. b. Yes, but only if the inductive argument is a generalization EC. Yes d. No, because every conclusion is either inductive or deductive, but not both e. No, because inductive conclusions are very general, whereas deductive conclusions are

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3 - D (Consequently)

Using "Consequently" is equivalent to using "So", "Thus", "as a result", "Therefore", etc all of which signify that there is a conclusion.

4 - C (a manned mission to Mars should be a high priority for NASA)

Conclusion is usually the claim of the argument, which here is that this mission is of high priority to NASA.

5 - E (explicit)

Opposite of Implicit premise is Explicit premise.

6 - D (only deductive);

Inductive Arguments can be STRONG or WEAK, not VALID or INVALID.

Extra Credit

7 - D (There cannot be a wedding in the rain)

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