Jesse argues in his speech that drug use really is not a problem among teens because hardly anyone he knows has even tried drugs. Jesse uses his friends as examples, but this reasoning by example fails because the examples are __________.

A. not representative
B. analogous
C. hypothetical
D. not factual


Answer: A

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