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In Exercises 15-42, translate each argument into symbolic form. Then determine whether the argument is valid or invalid. You may use a truth table or, if applicable, compare the argument’s symbolic form to a standard valid or invalid form. (You can ignore differences in past, present, and future tense.)
If an argument is in the form of the fallacy of the inverse, then it is invalid.
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