Afallacy is an error in reasoning that nevertheless may appear at first glance to be correct reasoning logicians distinguish two general types of fallacies formal and informal fallacy a formal fallacy is an error in reasoning that can be defines in terms of its form or bare logical structure alone, without reference to its content or what it is about othe flaw lies in the abstract logical form rather than in the specific content a n informal fallacy is an error in reasoning that is not simply due to the pure form of the argument (hence it is "informal") oin informal fallacy, one must examine the actual content of the reasoning to find the error because the problem is not a matter of pure form alone formal fallacies the following argument may look like good reasoning at first glance, but upon closer inspection it is not: 1. if maria is at work, then the lights i

Net income and owner's equity for four businesses four different proprietorships, jupiter, mars, saturn, and venus, show the same balance sheet data at the beginning and end of a year. these data, exclusive of the amount of owner's equity, are summarized as follows: total assets total liabilities beginning of the year $550,000 $215,000 end of the year 844,000 320,000 on the basis of the preceding data and the following additional information for the year, determine the net income (or loss) of each company for the year. (hint: first determine the amount of increase or decrease in owner's equity during the year.) jupiter: the owner had made no additional investments in the business and had made no withdrawals from the business. mars: the owner had made no additional investments in the business but had withdrawn $36,000. saturn: the owner had made an additional investment of $60,000 but had made no withdrawals. venus: the owner had made an additional investment of $60,000 and had withdrawn $36,000. jupiter net income $ mars net income $ saturn net income $ venus net income $

When used-car dealers signal the quality of a used car with a warranty, a. buyers believe the signal because the cost of a false signal is high b. it is not rational to believe the signal because some used-car dealers are crooked c. the demand for lemons is eliminated d. the price of a lemon rises above the price of a good used car because warranty costs on lemons are greater than warranty costs on good used cars

Winners of the georgia lotto drawing are given the choice of receiving the winning amount divided equally over 2121 years or as a lump-sum cash option amount. the cash option amount is determined by discounting the annual winning payment at 88% over 2121 years. this week the lottery is worth $1616 million to a single winner. what would the cash option payout be?