I persuaded my father that 1 was right with a carefully constructed argument that contained no premises at all.

In this essay, found on an ancient Sumerian tablet, a young student at a school for scribes describes his school day. Read the essay and answer the questions that follow.

A School for Scribes

"I recited my tablet, ate my lunch, prepared my new tablet, wrote it, finished it. Then they assigned me my oral work, and in the afternoon they assigned me my written work. When school was dismissed, I went home, entered the house, and found my father sitting there. I told my father of my written work, then recited my tablet to him, and my father was delighted.... When I awoke early in the morning, I faced my mother and said to her: 'Give me my lunch, I want to go to school.' My mother gave me two rolls and I set out.... In school, the monitor in charge of punctuality said to me, 'Why are you late?' Afraid and with pounding heart, I entered before my teacher and made a respectful curtsey."

-quoted in History Begins at Sumer (Kramer)

What seems to be the attitude of the Sumerian student toward

(a) his father,

(b) his mother?

In the following argument, identify the premise(s) and condusion, explain why the argument is deceptive, and, if possible, identify the type of fallacy it represents. Responding to Democrats who support doubling the federal minimum wage, a Republican says, "The Democrats think that everyone should have the same income."

Write the number in polar form with argument between 0 and $2 \pi$. $-3+3 i$

If a deductive argument is valid, its conclusion a. is true. b. is sound. c. follows from its premises.

Write the argument in symbols; then use a truth table e to determine if the argument is valid. I'm going to Wal-Mart and McDonald's. If I go to McDonald's, I will get the sweet tea. $\therefore$ I did not get sweet tea and go to Wal-Mart.

Use the unit circle to give a convincing argument for the identity.

$$sin(t+π)=-sint$$

How would you summarize this speaker's argument? Do you agree or disagree with her? Explain.

Give a combinatorial argument to prove that

$$\sum_{k=0}^n C(n,k)^2=C(2n,n)$$

Use the zero-product property to give a convincing argument why 0 has no reciprocal.

When you pass an array name as an argument to a function, what is actually being passed?

Complete given sentence so that it shows the meaning of the italicized word.

Because the argument was specious

Decide whether each of the following statements makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain your reasoning.
I persuaded my father that I was right with a carefully constructed argument that contained no premises at all.

Use indirect reasoning to write a convincing argument that a triangle has at most one obtuse angle.