Chapter 1, Level 2 Self-Quiz: E

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All dogs bark. Fido is a dog. So Fido barks.

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Rodents all have large, sharp front teeth that they use for gnawing. A capybara is a rodent, so it too must have large, sharp front teeth.

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No whale lives in fresh water, and the lake is fresh water, so there are no whales living there.

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It usually takes 2-3 days for a delivery to ship from the warehouse to your door via most major shipping services. You ordered on Tuesday morning, so it's safe to assume your package will arrive Thursday or Friday.

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Cats routinely kill birds and mice. There is a cat, so it almost assuredly kills birds and mice.

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The treasure is probably under one of the stones in the yard. Once we check under every stone, we should find the treasure.

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Winners never quit and quitters never win. Mike and Tom both quit, so they won't win.

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. Is the following argument best classified as deductive or inductive? Jack is taller than Jill. Jill is taller than Joey. Therefore, Jack is taller than Joey.

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All mollusks are invertebrates. Snails are mollusks, so snails must be invertebrates.

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All reptiles ever examined are cold-blooded. Dinosaurs resemble reptiles in many ways. So dinosaurs were cold-blooded.

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. Is the following argument best classified as deductive or inductive? The telegraph was a technological breakthrough that allowed rapid communication across vast distances. In doing so, it made communities more homogeneous and diminished diversity. Ultimately, the benefits probably outweigh such hard-to-measure costs.

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Some cookies are burnt. Some burnt things are good to eat. So some cookies are good to eat.

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The overwhelming majority of mutations are not beneficial to an organism's survival. So the odds are that no mutation is going to give an organism super powers.

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Based on a survey of 2200 randomly selected likely voters, 56.2% indicate that they will vote for the incumbent in the upcoming election. Therefore, approximately 56% of the votes in the upcoming election will be for the incumbent.

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No book in English begins numbering its pages on a left-hand page. This is a book in English, therefore it will begin its numbering on a right-hand page.

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The majority rules in the House of Representatives. Either the Democrats or the Republicans will control the House of Representatives. As there are an odd number of representatives in the House, it follows that there is no way there will be a tie in the House of Representatives.

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On a National Geographic map, no two adjacent nations appear shaded with the same color. Brazil is shaded green on this map, and it is a National Geographic map. Only two nations in South America are not adjacent to Brazil. So at most three South American nations on this map are shaded green.

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There are no octagon-shaped fruit. Papayas are fruit. Thus, papayas are not octagon-shaped.

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I heard lots of barking last night. The neighbor's dog must've been pretty upset about something, since he rarely barks.

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Crackers almost always have salt on them, so the crackers at this restaurant will most likely be salted in some way.

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