Deductive Reasoning

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Joe ate an apple every day. Dr. Dre stayed away.

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Most lights in the night sky are stars. I just saw a light in the night sky. The light I saw must have been a star.

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Alice is going to the emergency room because she has fractured her arm. Bone fractures are always painful. Therefore, Alice is in pain.

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Tim is Veronica's cousin. Since David is Veronica's twin brother, Tim is also David's cousin.

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We know that all men are mortal. Since John is a man, John is mortal.

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Julie notices that each term in the sequence 1, 3, 9, 27, ... Is found by multiplying the previous term by three. She concludes that the next two terms are 81 and 243.

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Maximillian is a shelter dog. All shelter dogs are happy. Therefore, he is happy.

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My mother is Irish. Everyone from Ireland has blond hair. Therefore, my mother has blond hair.

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The first lipstick I pulled from my bag is red. All lipsticks in my bag are red. Therefore, the second lipstick I pull from my bag will be red, too.

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All numbers ending in 0 or 5 are divisible by 5. The number 35 ends with a 5, so it must be divisible by 5.

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