Which of the following arguments are inductive, and which are deductive? Just answer "inductive" or "deductive".

1. The gardener said that she never saw the burglar’s face. She says she was in the house making tea, and that the burglar was in the shed. But the only footprints by the shed were hers. No other explanations could be found. So the reason she didn’t see the burglar is that she is the burglar.

Inductive or deductive?

2. If we think of reasons to go to class, we can list that we want good grades, and that we have paid a lot of money for tuition, books, child care, etc. If we think of reasons not to go to class, we can think of how Frisbee golf would be a nice way to spend an afternoon and how there is a big sale in New Market. Yeah, all things considered, better go to class.

Inductive or deductive?

3. The very definition of water is that it is a chemical substance with the structure H2O. This glass is filled with water. So this glass is filled with H2O.

Inductive or deductive?

The following data pertains to activity and costs for two months: june july activity level in 10,000 12,000 direct materials $16,000 $ ? fixed factory rent 12,000 ? manufacturing overhead 10,000 ? total cost $38,000 $42,900 assuming that these activity levels are within the relevant range, the manufacturing overhead for july was: a) $10,000 b) $11,700 c) $19,000 d) $9,300

Fanning company is considering the addition of a new product to its cosmetics line. the company has three distinctly different options: a skin cream, a bath oil, or a hair coloring gel. relevant information and budgeted annual income statements for each of the products follow. skin cream bath oil color gel budgeted sales in units (a) 110,000 190,000 70,000 expected sales price (b) $8 $4 $11 variable costs per unit (c) $2 $2 $7 income statements sales revenue (a × b) $880,000 $760,000 $770,000 variable costs (a × c) (220,000) (380,000) (490,000) contribution margin 660,000 380,000 280,000 fixed costs (432,000) (240,000) (76,000) net income $228,000 $140,000 $204,000 required: (a) determine the margin of safety as a percentage for each product. (b) prepare revised income statements for each product, assuming a 20 percent increase in the budgeted sales volume. (c) for each product, determine the percentage change in net income that results from the 20 percent increase in sales. (d) assuming that management is pessimistic and risk averse, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line? (e) assuming that management is optimistic and risk aggressive, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line?

Lin corporation has a single product whose selling price is $136 per unit and whose variable expense is $68 per unit. the company’s monthly fixed expense is $32,400. required: 1. calculate the unit sales needed to attain a target profit of $5,000. (do not round intermediate calculations.) 2. calculate the dollar sales needed to attain a target profit of $8,400.