The chief of the fire department issued a report stating that residential fires are down slightly from the prior year. Thus, it must be the case that residential fires are slightly down this year.
A) Inductive. strong.
B) Deductive, invalid.
C) Inductive, weak.
D) Deductive, sound.
E) Deductive, valid.

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The argument is inductive because it is based on observation and evidence (the report), and it is strong because the conclusion that residential fires are slightly down this year logically follows from the report's statement.

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