Definitions
The study of the methods and principles of resoning
What is logic
You are buying an 40 acres of land of land at 160,000 per acre. What is the total cost?
What is 640,000
You bought a new laptop computer three years ago
for $2000. Today, it is worth only $600. Describe the
absolute and relative change in the laptop’s value.
What is -1400
If it is raining, then I will bring an umbrella to work
what is the argument?
what is conditional
The deceptive argument in which that uses the conclusion but not well supported
What is fallacy
You buy toothpaste for 15 ounces at 4.87 or 4 ounce bottle at 12.47 what is the better buy?
What is the 15 ounce/ .32
How many crates do you need to hold 4000 apples
if each crate holds 60 apples?
What is 67 crates
The container price is $7.99 per 2/3 ounce, which
means we need to divide. We then multiply by the
conversion of 18 ounces per pound
What is $12
p is related to q and I have an argument concerning q therefore p is true
What is Diversion/Red Herring
Convert the distance of 100 feet into inches
what is 1,200 inches
Suppose you needed $40,000 to maintain a
particular standard of living in 2014. How much
would you have needed in 2020 to maintain the
same living standard? Assume that the average
price of your typical purchases has risen at the
same rate as the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
What is 1.093
Convert 4000 centimeters to meters.
What is 40 meters
p is true. p is restated in different
words. (The argument states the
conclusion.)
What is Circular reasoning
You want to carpet a room that measures 12 feet by
15 feet, making an area of 180 square feet. But
carpet is usually sold by the square yard. How many
square yards of carpet do you need?
What is 20yd^2
In 1987, the mean (average) salary for major league
baseball players was $412,000. In 2020, it was
$4,430,000. Compare the two salaries in “2020
dollars” ($2020). How does the rise in baseball
salaries compare to the overall rise in prices with
inflation?
What is 939,000
The marathon running race is about 30.2 miles.
About how far is it in kilometers?
If 1 mile is 1.6093 round to the nearest 10th
what is 50 km
I have an argument
concerning a
distorted version of p;
therefore...I hope you are fooled
into concluding I have an
argument concerning the real
version of p.
What is Straw Man
f the medicine is to be taken in a liquid
suspension with concentration 25 mg/ml, how much
should the child take every 12 hours?
The liquid suspension contains 25 milligrams of
amoxicillin per milliliter (ml) of liquid, and from part
(a) we know the total amount of amoxicillin in each
dose should be 225 mg. We are looking for the total
amount of liquid that the child should be given for
each dose, so the answer should have units of
milliliters.
what is 9ml
a population reported as 248,000 how many significant digits are there?
What is 3