Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."Allison Fischer [a world-famous pool player] played snooker before she turned to American style 9-ball. It had to be the snooker that made her such a fine 9-ball player."

What will be an ideal response?


Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.

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