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2. Brazil has a huge foreign debt. Therefore, either Brazil or Argentina has a huge foreign debt. (B,A) 3. If fossil-fuel combustion continues at its present rate, then a greenhouse effect will occur. If a greenhouse effect occurs, then world temperatures will rise. Therefore, if fossil-fuel combustion continues at its present rate, then world temperatures will rise. (F, G, W) *4. If there are dried-up riverbeds on Mars, then water once flowed on the Martian surface. There are dried-up riverbeds on Mars. Therefore, water once flowed on the Martian surface. (D,W) 5. If high school graduates are deficient in reading, they will not be able to com- pete in the modern world. If high school graduates are deficient in writing, they will not be able to compete in the modern world. Therefore, if high school graduates are deficient in reading, then they are deficient in writing. (R, C, W) 6. The disparity between rich and poor is increasing. Therefore, political control over economic equality will be achieved only if restructuring the economic sys- tem along socialist lines implies that political control over economic equality will be achieved. (D, P, R) *7. Einstein won the Nobel Prize either for explaining the photoelectric effect or for the special theory of relativity. But he did win the Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric effect. Therefore, Einstein did not win the Nobel Prize for the special theory of relativity. (P, S) 8. If microchips are made from diamond wafers, then computers will gener- ate less heat. Computers will not generate less heat and microchips will be made from diamond wafers. Therefore, synthetic diamonds will be used for jewelry. (M, C, S) clan Danrl