If Prisoners Are Discharged Without Any Skills, Then They Will

question 195

Multiple Choice

If prisoners are discharged without any skills, then they will return to a life of crime. If prisoners are unable to get jobs, then they will return to a life of crime. Thus, if prisoners are discharged without any skills, then they will be unable to get jobs.

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

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Definitions:

Depreciation Method

A systematic approach used to allocate the depreciable amount of an asset over its useful life, such as straight-line or declining balance methods.

Depletion

The systematic allocation of the cost of natural resources over the period of their extraction and sale.

Natural Resource

Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

Depreciable Asset

An asset that loses value over time due to usage, wear and tear, or obsolescence, which can be an expense on the income statement over its useful life.