What type of evidence is used in the following excerpt from "Common Sense"? …hence it is easy to sum up the value, or cost rather, of the whole British navy, which in the year 1757, when it was at its greatest glory consisted of the following ships and guns:
Ships Guns Cost of One Cost of All
6 ... 100 35,553 £ 213,318 £
12 ... 90 29,886 358,632
12 ... 80 23,638 283,656
43 ... 70 17,785 764,755
35 ... 60 14,197 496,895
40 ... 50 10,605 424,240
45 ... 40 7,558 340,110
58 ... 20 3,710 215,180

85 sloops, bombs, and fireships,
one with another at 2,000 ... 170,000
Cost, 3,266,786 £
Remains for guns, 233,214
Total, 3,500,000 £

No country on the globe is so happily situated, or so internally capable of raising a fleet as America.

Select the best answer from the choice provided.
A.
a. logical evidence
B.
emotional evidence
C.
empirical evidence
D.
anecdotal evidence