Trees Bearing Apples, Pears, and Apricots All Thrive in Washington

question 161

Multiple Choice

Trees bearing apples, pears, and apricots all thrive in Washington state. It must be the case that all fruit trees thrive in Washington state.

• A) Inductive, weak.
• B) Deductive, sound.
• C) Deductive, invalid.
• D) Deductive, valid.
• E) Inductive, strong.

---

Definitions:

Absolute Values

A measure representing the magnitude of a number regardless of its direction or sign, shown as the distance from zero on a number line.

Favorite Bundle

An individual consumer's most preferred combination of goods and services, given their budget and prices.

Indifference Curve

A graph showing different combinations of two goods among which a consumer is indifferent, depicting levels of consumption where the consumer has no preference for one bundle over another.

Absolute Values

Mathematical values expressed without regard to their sign; distances from zero on the real number line.