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geodog55

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on: Jun 20, 2018
Here is a reasoning problem: Some vegetables have seeds. Some things that have seeds are fruits. Therefore, some vegetables are fruits. What kind of reasoning does this represent?
 
  a. a syllogism
  b. conditional reasoning
  c. propositional reasoning
  d. the availability heuristic

Question 2

Consider the following problem: Some college students are bright. All bright people are hard working. Therefore, all college students are hard working. What kind of thinking task does this problem represent?
 
  a. propositional reasoning.
  b. problem solving
  c. a syllogism
  d. decision making


ecabral0

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: a

Answer to Question 2

Ans: c


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