INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Sylvia is an American. Americans are 12 percent black, 4 percent Asian, and 13 percent Hispanic. Therefore, Sylvia is 12 percent black, 4 percent Asian, and 13 percent Hispanic

A) Hasty generalization.

B) Appeal to the people.

C) Composition.

D) Division.

E) No fallacy.


D

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