Which truth test would you run to test the truth of the following:
A. coherence (logical truths fitting in an existing framework)
B. correspondence (observational truths)
C. pragmatic (what works)
1. The "Hollywood Diet" lets people lose weight quickly.
2. Metals expand when heated.
3. A triangle has three sides.
4. Marriage is better for men than women.
5. The current population of Tokyo is is larger than that of Hong Kong.
6. Jupiter’s moon Europa is intriguing.
7. All wives have husbands.
8. Montreal sits on a dormant volcano.
9. The best team will win the world series.
10. Green plants absorb all visible wavelengths of light but green.
11. If bert is a younger son, then he is a brother.
12. It is raining now in Rangoon.
13. The hydrogen atom has one electron.
14. She is a real friend.
15. Shakespeare wrote "Romeo and Juliet".
16. What a good picture that is of her!
17. The equator is a real place.
18. Capitalism produces the wealthiest countries.
19. There is an elephant is this room.
20. There is an invisible elephant in this room.
21. A perfect circle can never be drawn.
22. Killing another person is unacceptable.
23. His face looks sunbumt.
24. It is better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all.
25. Our galaxy has a black hole in the centre.
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