According to your textbook, the following statement is an example of what type of fallacy?Did you hear about the new vacuum cleaner on the market? We should get it, because it's has to be better than the older ones.

A. appeal to novelty
B. slippery slope
C. bandwagon
D. false analogy
E. circular appeal


Answer: A

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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