3.5 Activity 1: Logical Fallacies

Use this multiple choice response to answer problems 1-6 please.

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Consider the following argument and choose the best description of its validity. Note that the validity of the argument does not depend on the truth of the premises. This is a valid argument in the form of modus ponens. This is a valid argument in the form of modus tollens. This is an invalid argument exhibiting the fallacy of affirming the consequent. O This is an invalid argument exhibiting the fallacy of denying the antecedent. If today is Monday, then I will do my homework. Today is Monday So, I will do my homework. If you get a promotion at work, then you will buy a new car. You bought a new car. Therefore, you got a promotion at work. If it is an apple, then it is a fruit. It is not an apple. Therefore, it is not a fruit. If the football team wins the championship, then students will skip classes. The students did not skip classes. So, the football team did not win the championship. All foreign cars are expensive. My car is a foreign car. Therefore, my car is expensive. Everyone who drives at 85 mph is breaking the law. Mary is breaking the law. Therefore, Mary is driving at 85 mph