Question

Bob eats in the morning or the evening. He didn't eat in the morning. So, he eats in the evening. The portion of the preceding argument that is underlined is the __________.

a.) premise

b.) factual claim

c.) inferential claim

d.) conclusion

Answer 1

The statement given above is a " Factual Claim".

Rationale : Factual statements are the measurable effects that proves right or wrong.Here "Bob ate in the evening is the claim and the proven reason is that "Bob eats in the morning or in the evening.He did not eat in the morning and so he ate in the morning".

other options were incorrect as premise is also type of conclusion which follows a previous statement.Inferenential claims are those which states some facts after applying a reason to the particular claimed passage.And the statement above is also not a conclusion.