Question

"Since ‘The Simpsons’ is a popular television show, it follows that it has many loyal fans whose viewing habits would be dangerously interrupted if the show were withdrawn. Therefore ‘The Simpsons’ will continue to run at its usual time. From this we may infer that the cartoonist who created the characters will continue to reap the considerable profits generated by this television landmark" is which type of argument?A) simple B) extended, with at most two conclusions C) extended, with more than two conclusions

Answer 1

Answer:

C) extended, with more than two conclusions

Explanation:

We can state that the argument shown in the above question is an extended argument because it consists of more than one subarguments, which are "Like 'The Simpsons' is a popular television show" and "It follows that it has many loyal fans whose viewing habits would be dangerously interrupted if the show were withdrawn ". Moreover, we can conclude that the argument has two conclusions which are:

• " Therefore ‘The Simpsons’ will continue to run at its usual time."
• "From this we may infer that the cartoonist who created the characters will continue to reap the considerable profits generated by this television landmark"