Either sally is dating sturdley or sally is dating vernon. but sally isn't dating sturdley, because sally won't date anyone with a tattoo, and sturdley has a large tattoo of a drunken rat on his right forearm. so, sally is dating vernon. this argument is

This argument is an example of deductive reasoning.

Explanation:

Deductive reasoning is a process of information analysis that leads us to a conclusion. That way you use deduction to find the end result.

This type of reasoning is characterized by the act of arriving at a new truth, starting from the principle of already known truths. That is, according to the reasoning deduct we come to a true conclusion because we know principles that are true and that made us come to that conclusion.

An example of this can be seen in the question above, where we came to the conclusion that Sally dates Vernon, because we know that Sally doesn't date people with tattoos and Sturdley has a big tattoo on his right forearm.

according to hess's theory, when the magma cooled, it would expand and push the tectonic plates apart. it would push the north and south america plates to the west and eurasia and africa ones to the east. the atlantic ocean would get wider but the coastlines of the masses would stay the same.

harry hammond hess was a geologist and a united states navy officer in the second world war. he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the theory of plate tectonics. he is known for his theories on sea floor spreading, stating that the movement of the continents was the result of see floor spreading. the continents are attached to the plates and do not move separately. the plates themselves shift and change shape, carrying the continents along.

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