INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint. No talented actors are unpopular performers. Therefore, no popular performers are untalented actors
A) Valid; no fallacy.
B) Invalid; illicit conversion.
C) Invalid; illicit contrary.
D) Invalid; illicit contraposition.
E) Invalid; illicit obversion.
D
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