The Court has held that a police officer must inform the defendant that they are free to leave for a consent to search to be valid.

The following argument is valid. Is it sound or unsound? 1. 3 is either odd or even. 2. 3 is not odd. So, 3 is even.

According to the Wade-Gilbert rule, the suspect:

The argument from the passage just considered has two premises. What are they? The universe has a beginning. Thus, the universe has a cause, given that anything with a beginning has a cause. That’s why I’m a believer. (a) The universe has a beginning. (b) The universe has a cause. (c) Anything with a beginning has a cause. (d) That’s why I’m a believer.

A professional writer accidently omitted a significant paragraph from a publication and thinks: “Because I omitted a significant paragraph in this publication, the article is completely ruined and my peers will no longer trust me.”

Claims are sentences that are true or false.

In the passage just considered, the words “I conclude that” and “because” appear as indicator words. What kind of indicators are they? I conclude that legalizing recreational drug use in the USA will not increase the amount of drug use in the USA. Why think this? Because when other countries have legalized such drug use the amount of drug use in those countries has not increased. And the USA is relevantly similar to these other countries.

The following passage contains exactly one argument. Identify the argument’s conclusion. I conclude that legalizing recreational drug use in the USA will not increase the amount of drug use in the USA. Why think this? Because when other countries have legalized such drug use the amount of drug use in those countries has not increased. And the USA is relevantly similar to these other countries.

Is the following argument valid or invalid? 1. If God exists, then humans have free will. 2. God does not exist. So, humans do not have free will.

In the passage just considered, the words “thus” and “given that” appear as indicator words. What kind of indicators are they? The universe has a beginning. Thus, the universe has a cause, given that anything with a beginning has a cause. That’s why I’m a believer.