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​ ​ INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each.The Social Security system is a pay-as-you-go arrangement where contributions by today’s workers are paid out to yesterday’s retirees. If part of today’s contributions go into private retirement accounts, they cannot be paid out. To make up the shortage, the government would have to borrow massive amounts of money. Hence, Social Security privatization would cause a huge increase in the federal deficit.

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct translation for each problem. Either Breitling has a diamond model and Rado advertises a calendar watch or Tissot has luminous hands.

​ ​ INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. Two million children have been killed in armed conflicts in the last decade. Three times as many have been injured or permanently disabled. Millions of others have been forced to take part in or witness horrifying acts of violence. In countless cases the impact of armed conflict on children’s lives remains invisible. The children themselves may be removed from the public, in institutions, or survive as victims of prostitution. But those who have lost parents often experience humiliation, rejection and discrimination, and suffer in silence as their self-esteem crumbles. Child Rights Information Network

INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each.All aerobic exercises are calorie burners and all calorie burners are weight reducers. Thus, all aerobic exercises are weight reducers.

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for the following multiple choice questions.Which of the following are all arguments?

The truth table for the following statement has how many lines? (H  ∨  ∼ K)  ≡  (K  ⊃  H)

INSTRUCTIONS: Compute the truth value of the following proposition, given that A and B are true and X and Y are false (do not complete a truth table for this problem; just use these given values). Be sure to also identify the main operator of the statement and state whether the proposition is true or false. Show all of your work. [A  ⊃  ∼ (B  •  Y)]  ≡  ∼[B  ⊃  (X  •  ∼ A)]

INSTRUCTIONS: Compute the truth value of the following proposition, given that A and B are true and X and Y are false (do not complete a truth table for this problem; just use these given values). Be sure to also identify the main operator of the statement and state whether the proposition is true or false. Show all of your work. ∼[(A  ∨  ∼ B)  ⊃  X]  ⊃  [∼ Y  ⊃  (A  •  X)]

Instructions: Translate the following statement using the first letter of the word in ALL CAPS. You may copy the symbols for the operators from here:  ~ · ∨ ⊃ ≡   PIZZA contains all the basic food groups if and only if you get it with ANCHOVIES. (P, A)

Proposition 2AGiven the following proposition: [(X  ⊃  A)  •  (B  ⊃  ∼ Y)]  ⊃  [(B  ∨  Y)  •  (A  ⊃  X)]In Proposition 2A, the main operator is a: