Consider this argument: "If we bought the movie tickets online or asked for the student discount, we saved a dollar per ticket. We did save a dollar per ticket. So we must have bought the tickets online or asked for the student discount." Using a truth table to evaluate that argument for validity will produce a final column that ___________________.
A) has eight rows all of which are T
B) has eight rows some of which are T and some F
C) has four rows all of which are F
D) has four rows all of which are T
E) has two rows both of which are T

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The argument structure involves a conditional statement and its conclusion based on the premise. A truth table evaluating this argument will include combinations of truth values for the components (buying tickets online, asking for a student discount, and saving a dollar per ticket), leading to a mix of true and false outcomes in the final column, depending on whether the conditions align with the argument's logic.

Consider This Argument: "If We Bought the Movie Tickets Online