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Practice Exercise 7 A - continued
Logical Conclusions
- Your daughter told you she would learn the results of the soccer
try-out at school today. She went to soccer camp during the summer,
and the coaches at the camp said she improved considerably. Your daughter
arrives home at 5:30 and asks you to buy her a new pair of cleats.
- Will inductive thinking or deductive thinking be used to reach
a conclusion?
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- What will be your conclusion?
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- Will it be a logical conclusion? Why or why not?
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- On a cool September night, you are driving your police car past a
farm. At three A.M., you see five young males trying to push a goat
into the back seat of a car, which has several bumper stickers naming
a local university. You decide to stop and investigate.
- Will inductive thinking or deductive thinking be used to reach
a conclusion?
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- What will be your conclusion?
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- Will it be a logical conclusion? Why or why not?
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