Which of the Following Statements About Cohabitation Is True

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about cohabitation is true?

• A) Cohabitation is defined by the U.S. government as two people of the same or opposite sex living together as unmarried partners.
• B) Fewer than 50 percent of women enter a cohabiting relationship in their lifetime.
• C) Only about 30 percent of marriages are preceded by a cohabiting relationship.
• D) Some studies have shown that cohabitation decreases the likelihood of success in marriage.

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Definitions:

Deductive Reasoning

A process of logical reasoning from one or more statements (premises) to reach a logically certain conclusion.

Modus Ponens

A logical argument form and a rule of inference that, if a premise implies a conclusion and the premise is true, then the conclusion must also be true.

Modus Tollens

A logical argument form that suggests if a implies b, and b is found to be false, then a must also be false.

Antecedent

An event, condition, or cause that logically or temporally precedes another; in grammar, the noun or noun phrase that a pronoun refers to.