INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best answer for each argument. Smith, Adams, and Harris all outlived their wives, and their wives were younger than they were. It must be the case that men outlive women these days
A) False cause.
B) Accident.
C) Weak analogy.
D) No fallacy.
E) Hasty generalization.
E
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What will be an ideal response?