Specify the conclusion and premises

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For each of the following passages, say whether it contains an argument. if it does, specify the conclusion and premises, whether the argument is deductive or inductive, whether it is a good argument ( sound or cogent), and whether it is a fallacy.

a) The chancellor is either a crook or a nut. he is a crook. thus, he is no nut.

b) what your dad told you about staying away from boys is true, if it weren't true, he would not have said it

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