A week ago we invited Charlie to a party, and within two hours he became drunk and obnoxious. The same thing happened when Theresa invited him three weeks ago. Therefore, it would not be a good idea for Daisy to invite him to next week's party, because the same thing will probably happen again.
A) Inductive, strong.
B) Deductive, invalid.
C) Inductive, weak.
D) Deductive, valid.
E) Inductive, cogent.

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The argument is inductive because it makes a generalization based on specific instances. It is considered strong because the repeated behavior of Charlie in similar situations suggests a high probability of recurrence.

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