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Section B: Easy passages and arguments. First, discern whether the passage contains an argument. Second, schematize the argument. (Note: The arguments contained in these passages need not have implicit premises or sub-arguments. However, they may contain fluff.) (35 points.) 5. If Colonel Mustard put the tablet into the drink, and if the tablet was poison, then he is responsible for the murder. There was a poison tablet in the drink, and Colonel Mustard did put the tablet into the drink. We may conclude that he committed the murder. 6. Fruits are entities that develop from the fertilized ovary of a flower. So, tomatoes must be fruits, because they develop from the fertilized ovary of a flower. 7. Meteor showers occur when the Earth, in its orbit around the Sun, passes through debris left over from the disintegration of comets. And comets are disintegrated when they get too close to the sun. 8. If you are spending money on luxury items, then you are doing something wrong. Why? You are spending money on luxury items only if it's in your power to prevent suffering and death from lack of food. Suffering and death from lack of food is bad, and if it's in your power to prevent something bad from happening without making a great sacrifice, it's wrong not to do so. And, surely, you could by without luxury items. 9. Kenny's favorite kind of cake is lemon cake. I was going to make him one, but when I went to the store, they were all sold out. They had chocolate cake, though. Thus, I settled for chocolate cake instead.