Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.Remark made while driving on the Pennsylvania Turnpike: "We've seen nine cars with license plates from west of the Mississippi today, and six of them have been from Texas. Texans must travel more than other people."
What will be an ideal response?
Hasty generalization.
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