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"lf a large diamond is cut up into little bits, it will lose its value just as an army is divided up into small units of soldiers, it loses its strength."

The argument put above may be called as

a.

Analogical

b.

Deductive

c.

Statistical

d.

Casual

Answer: (a).Analogical

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