The Label on a Package of Cookies States That There

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Essay

The label on a package of cookies states that there are 100 calories per serving.Explain the different meanings of this statement to a chemist and to a nutritionist.Be sure your answer explains the difference between kilocalories and Calorie.

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Definitions:

Missing Premise

a logical gap in an argument where an unstated or implied premise is necessary for the argument to hold.

Syllogism Validity

A measure of a syllogism's correctness in deducing the conclusion from two premises, based on the structure of the argument.

Syllogism Validity

The logic of an argument's structure determining its correctness or faultiness based on premises leading to a conclusion.

Universal Premise

A statement in logic that asserts something is true for all members of a certain category or class.