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Look at the following inductive arguments and determine the logical fallacy that best applies.

1. God exists. How do you know? The Bible says so. How do you know what the Bible says is so? It's the Word of God.
2. Answer yes or no. Have you stopped beating your wife?
3. I can't break this bundle of sticks therefore I cannot break any one of them.
4. Your honor, you have said yourself that my client is a good car thief. How can you sentence a good man to three years in jail?
5. Prayer in public schools ended in the early 1960s. This is why we have shootings is schools now.


Determine if the following deductive arguments are valid and sound, or valid and unsound, or invalid and unsound.

1. All men are mortal. Birds are men. Therefore, birds are men.
2. Joe is on the Eifel Tower. The Eifel Tower is in Paris. Therefore Joe is in Paris.
3. All cats have six legs. A tiger is a cat. Therefore, a tiger has six legs.
4. All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore Socrates is mortal.
5. Some teachers are musicians. All instructors are teachers. Therefore, all instructors are musicians.