Question

Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Future offshore petroleum exploration will continue in the deeper waters of the continental margins BECAUSE offshore petroleum exploration has inevitable oil spills caused by inadvertent leaks or blowouts during the drilling process. ______

Answer 1

Options:The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.

The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.

The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.

The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.

Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.

Answer:The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.

Explanation: Invalid reasoning is a kind of reasoning where the premise does not necessarily support the conclusion. The reason for the future off-shore oil exploration does not necessarily mean its because of the inevitable oil spills caused by inadvertent leaks or blowouts during the drilling process, although this reason is correct but it is an Invalid reasoning because that is not the only reason.