1. Identify whether the following arguments are deductive or inductive and identify its corresponding sub-classification. (Answer: Deductive/ Hypothetical Syllogism; refer to your handouts). Write your answers on a lengthwise sheet of a yellow paper.
Either he’ll choose DOTA over you or not. He finally decided that he prefers DOTA. Therefore, he’ll not choose you.
Songs made my Ed Sheeran are just amazing. It follows that all songs that will be released by him in the future will have the same outcome.
One might argue that because certain fluctuations occurred in the prime interest rate on Friday, the value of the pesos will decrease against foreign currencies on Monday.
Because a certain paragraph is flowery, it follows that it is excessively wordy.
All politicians are liars. Jejomar is a politician. Therefore, it follows that Jejomar is a liar.

2. 6) A surveyor might measure a square piece of land and, after determining that it is 100 feet on each side, conclude that it contains 10,000 square feet. 7) Cherry mobile phones have the same features as phones released by Ipod. Cherry mobile phones are more affordable compared to other smart phones. I’ll have the same satisfaction if I choose to buy cherry over its other counterparts. 8) The title of the movie is “XXX”. The producer of this movie must have been desperate title implies promiscuity. 9) If quartz scratches glass, then quartz is harder than glass. Quartz scratches glass. Therefore, quartz is harder than glass. 10) 98% of women who have previous relationships are not virgin anymore. I am pursuing a girl that I like but she mentioned that she had 3 unsuccessful previous relationships. Therefore, this girl is not a virgin anymore.

3. 11) William is a bachelor, all bachelors are single; hence William is single. 12) Socrates was a Greek. Most Greeks eat fish. Socrates ate a fish. 13) If Dennis misses work and at work there is a party, then Dennis will miss the party. 14) To earn a master’s degree, a student must have 32 credits. Tim has 40 credits, so Tim will earn a master’s degree. 15) Red meat has iron in it and beef is red meat, so beef has iron in it.

4. 16) The elm is a tree and all trees have bark, so elms have bark.
17) Acute angles are less than 90 degrees and this angle is 40 degrees so this angle is acute.
18) Jimmy got bitten by a dog. Jimmy is now scared of all dogs.
19) Magnolias are dicots and dicots have two embryonic leaves; therefore magnolias have two embryonic leaves.
20) 2 episodes of the Big Bang Theory made me laugh so hard. The Big Bang Theory is always a funny show.