The following arguments were abstracted from newspaper articles, editorials, and letters to the editor. Use the method presented in this section to construct argument patterns. If a statement is redundant or plays no role in the argument, do not include it in the pattern.(1) The conditions under which many food animals are raised are unhealthy for humans. (2) To keep these animals alive, large quantities of drugs must be administered. (3) These drugs remain in the animals' flesh and are passed on to the humans who eat it. (Philip D. Oliver, "We Can Eat Ribs and Still Be Humane")

In a probability experiment, karen flipped a coin 76 times. the coin landed on heads 32 times. what percentage of the coin flips resulted in tails? round to the nearest percent. a. 58% b. 65% c. 42% d. 60%

Since opening night, attendance at play a has increased steadily, while attendance at play b first rose and then fell. equations modeling the daily attendance y at each play are shown below, where x is the number of days since opening night. on what day(s) was the attendance the same at both plays? what was the attendance? play a: y = 8x + 191 play b: y = -x^2 + 26x + 126 a. the attendance was never the same at both plays. b. the attendance was the same on day 5. the attendance was 231 at both plays on that day. c. the attendance was the same on day 13. the attendance was 295 at both plays on that day. d. the attendance was the same on days 5 and 13. the attendance at both plays on those days was 231 and 295 respectively.

The cone in the diagram has the same height and base area as the prism. what is the ratio of the volume of the cone to the volume of the prism? h hl base area-b base area =b volume of cone_1 volume of prism 2 volume of cone 1 volume of prism 3 volume of cone 2 volume of prism 3 oc. od. volume of cone volume of prism e. volume of cone volume of prism 3 2