Either Haley Anderson or Simone Manuel won an Olympic gold medal in 2016. Haley Anderson did not win one in 2016. Thus, Simone Manuel did.
A) Inductive, strong.
B) Deductive, invalid.
C) Deductive, valid.
D) Inductive, cogent.
E) Inductive, weak.

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This is a deductive argument with a valid form, specifically modus tollens. The first premise states that either Haley Anderson or Simone Manuel won a gold medal, which is a disjunctive statement. The second premise states that Haley Anderson did not win a gold medal. From these premises, we can validly infer that Simone Manuel must have won a gold medal. Therefore, the argument is valid.

Either Haley Anderson or Simone Manuel Won an Olympic Gold