INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. More and more cars in this state are unable to pass the fuel emissions test. Therefore, it seems clear we should relax the emissions standard

A) Straw man.

B) No fallacy.

C) Missing the point.

D) Appeal to unqualified authority.

E) Argument against the person, abusive.


C

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a. true b. false

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