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IDENTIFYING METHODS OF REASONING For each of the examples given, identify whether the conclusion is based on deductive, inductive, or analogic reasoning. Then state whether you think this is a sound or fallacious use of reasoning and explain why. 1. All numbers ending in 0 or 5 are divisible by 5. The number 35 ends with a 5, so it must be divisible by 5. 2. Europa has an atmosphere similar to Earth. There might be life there. 3. My grandparents do not know how to use a computer. Older people are computer illiterate. 4. Every time you eat peanuts, you start to cough and develop a rash. You are allergic to peanuts. 5. All farmers like burgers. Jethro likes chicken wings. Therefore, Jethro is not a farmer. 6. No one objects to a physician looking up a difficult case in medical books. Why, then, shouldn't students taking a difficult examination be permitted to use their textbooks? 7. All actors are handsome. Tom Cruise is handsome. Therefore, Tom Cruise is an actor. 8. It's dangerous to drive on icy streets. The streets are icy now, so it would be dangerous to drive. 9. Distributing clean syringes to drug addicts has reduced HIV cases in New York. We should try that in Atlanta. 10 All the children in this dat

Answer 1

1. Deductive.
Sound reasoning since factors of 35 are 5 & 7 which is divisible by 5.

2. Analogic.
Fallacious since Life doesn't only depend on a particular type of atmosphere.

3. Analogic.
Sound since older people didn't have much access to computers to have the learning opportunity.

4. Deductive.
Sound since these are allergic symptoms and since they occur everytime, the person is allergic to peanuts.