According to your textbook, the following statement is an example of what type of fallacy?There can't be anything wrong with cheating on exams if 75 percent of college students do it.

A. red herring
B. bandwagon
C. invalid syllogism
D. slippery slope
E. appeal to novelty


Answer: B

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