INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. By accident Shelley left her old fashioned flashlight turned on all night. Therefore, it's likely that the batteries are dead

A) False cause.

B) Appeal to pity.

C) Hasty generalization.

D) No fallacy.

E) Suppressed evidence.


D

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