Which of the Following Events Would Produce a Deductible Loss

question 93

Multiple Choice

Which of the following events would produce a deductible loss?

• A)Erosion of personal use land due to rain or wind.
• B)Termite infestation of a personal residence over a several year period.
• C)Damages to personal automobile resulting from a taxpayer's willful negligence.
• D)A misplaced diamond ring.
• E)None of the above.

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Definitions:

Categorical Syllogism

A form of deductive reasoning consisting of three propositions: a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion, each of which states a relationship between categories.

Propositions

Statements or assertions that express judgments or opinions which can be either true or false.

Categorical Propositions

Statements in logic that assert or deny something about all or some of the members of a category, involving a subject and predicate and following specific forms.

Middle Term

The term that appears in both premises of a categorical syllogism but not in the conclusion, connecting the other two terms.