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Please bracket the premises and underline the conclusions in the following arguments: 2. While performing an autopsy on a dead sea turtle, Dr. Stacy found shrimp in the turtle’s throat. Sea turtles can only catch shrimp if they are stuck in nets with the shrimp. Therefore, the dead sea turtle was probably caught in a net. 4. There are two ways of settling a dispute: by discussion and by physical force. Since the first way is appropriate for human beings and the second way appropriate for animals, we must resort to force only when we cannot settle matters by discussion. 6. The head of the spy ring is very dangerous. He is also exceptionally clever and a master of disguise. He has a dozen names and a hundred different appearances. But there is one thing he cannot disguise: he is missing the tip of his little finger. So, if you ever meet a man who is missing the top joint of his little finger, you should be very careful! 8. People are created equal and endowed with unalienable rights. Governments exist to protect those rights. When a government violates those rights, people have a right to rebel against that government and create a new one. The king of Great Britain has repeatedly violated the rights of the American colonists. Thus, the American colonists have a right to rebel against the king of Great Britain. 10. The only remaining question was why the man had been murdered. Was it a politically motivated crime or a private one? I thought right away that it must be a privately motivated crime. Political assassins move quickly and flee. But in this case, the murderer’s footprints are all over the room, showing that he had spent quite a while in this room.

          Please bracket the premises and underline the conclusions in the
following arguments: 
2. While performing an autopsy on a dead sea turtle, Dr. Stacy
found shrimp in the turtle’s throat. Sea turtles can only catch
shrimp if they are stuck in nets with the shrimp. Therefore,
the dead sea turtle was probably caught in a net.
4. There are two ways of settling a dispute: by discussion and
by physical force. Since the first way is appropriate for human
beings and the second way appropriate for animals, we must
resort to force only when we cannot settle matters by
discussion.
6. The head of the spy ring is very dangerous. He is also
exceptionally clever and a master of disguise. He has a dozen names
and a hundred different appearances. But there is one thing he
cannot disguise: he is missing the tip of his little finger. So, if
you ever meet a man who is missing the top joint of his little
finger, you should be very careful!
8. People are created equal and endowed with unalienable
rights. Governments exist to protect those rights. When a
government violates those rights, people have a right to rebel
against that government and create a new one. The king of Great
Britain has repeatedly violated the rights of the American
colonists. Thus, the American colonists have a right to rebel
against the king of Great Britain.
10. The only remaining question was why the man had been
murdered. Was it a politically motivated crime or a private one? I
thought right away that it must be a privately motivated crime.
Political assassins move quickly and flee. But in this case, the
murderer’s footprints are all over the room, showing that he had
spent quite a while in this room.

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