The Washington Post carried an article on the huge hurricane that struck the Caiman Islands. The Chicago Tribune is similar in its coverage to the Washington Post. Thus, the Chicago Tribune must have carried an article on that hurricane.
A) Deductive, sound.
B) Inductive, strong.
C) Deductive, invalid.
D) Deductive, valid.
E) Inductive, weak.

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The argument is inductive because it makes a probable conclusion based on the similarity of coverage between two newspapers. It is considered strong because it is reasonable to expect similar news coverage in newspapers of similar scope and interest, but it does not guarantee the conclusion with certainty, hence not deductive.

The Washington Post Carried an Article on the Huge Hurricane