Is the conclusion true or false?
follows is it (a) true beyond a reasonable doubt, (b) probably true, or (c) possibly true or possibly false.
1. The annual rainfall in California’s north valley averages twenty-three inches. So the rainfall next year will be twenty-three inches.
2. You expect to get forty miles to the gallon in that? Why, that old wreck has a monster V8; besides, it’s fifty years old and needs an overhaul.
3. In three of the last four presidential races, the winner of the Iowa Republican primary has not captured the Republican nomination. Therefore, the winner of the next Iowa Republican primary will not capture the Republican nomination.
4. The number of cellular telephones has increased dramatically in each of the past few years. Therefore there will be even more of them in use this coming year.
Favorite Answer
2. C
3. C
4. B
# 1 No one has the exact science for rainfall
# 2 It could have been driven by the little old lady in Pasadena
# 3 Nominations and winners are never a certainty…..not even in a horse race
# 4 More people (population) more phones
