“Mr. Buchanan is poor, and he always loses when he plays poker. Therefore, Mr. Buchanan is a poor loser” commits the fallacy of

A) slippery slope
B) equivocation
C) amphiboly
D) composition
E) division


Ans: B) equivocation

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