Imagine You Have a Library Book, Which You Believe Is

question 83

Multiple Choice

Imagine you have a library book, which you believe is due to be returned in one week. You get a letter from the library saying that the book is already overdue. You say, "No way. This letterhead is totally fake. It doesn't look like a real note from the library at all." Your objection is based on

• A) The evidence.
• B) Your background beliefs.
• C) A fallacy.
• D) Emotion.

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Definitions:

Rectangular Coordinate

A system of specifying points on a plane using two distances, typically known as the x and y coordinates, which define the position relative to two perpendicular axes.

Square

To multiply a number by itself, or a geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles.

Y-axis

The vertical line in a coordinate plane that measures the second coordinate of a point (its ordinate).

X-axis

The x-axis is the horizontal axis in a coordinate plane, used to represent one dimension of data or to plot the values of a function.