Of the more than 40 red wines imported from Australia, Green Valley, Old Châteaux, and Fireside Vineyards are excellent. Thus, it must be the case that all red wines imported from Australia are excellent.
A) Deductive, valid.
B) Inductive, weak.
C) Inductive, strong.
D) Inductive, invalid.
E) Deductive, invalid.

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The argument is inductive because it makes a generalization about all Australian red wines based on a small sample. It is considered weak because the sample size (three wines) is too small to support a strong generalization about all red wines from Australia.

Of the More Than 40 Red Wines Imported from Australia