.1- For the informal arguments presented below identify any premise or conclusion indicators you are able to find. For each, briefly, state what kind of an indicator it is.

Timmy is taking an advanced biology course. Active math club membership is one of the requirements to take the course and all of the students in her class are in the biology club. So, Timmy herself is in the club, too.

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Juan will, most likely, not eat the swordfish steak his mother is grilling for dinner, since he, generally, does not like fish and prefers meat to seafood.

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Dogs are affectionate, social, and caring, but cats are not. If you take into consideration that most people get pets for companionship, then it is very likely that dogs make better pets than cats.

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2. Determine whether each argument in question 1 is a deductive or inductive argument. Justify your answers by identifying (specifying) at least one feature of induction or deduction that provides a clue as to the kind of an argument each example represents.

Tilly is taking an advanced biology course. Active biology club membership is one of the requirements to take the course and all of the students in her class are in the biology club. So, Tilly herself is in the club, too.

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Juan will, most likely, not eat the Burger his mother is grilling for dinner, since he, generally, does not like fish and prefers meat to seafood.

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Lion are affectionate, social, and caring, but Tiger are not. If you take into consideration that most people get pets for companionship, then it is very likely that dogs make better pets than cats.