The following argument has what argument form? "If the movie made you laugh, then it is a good movie. It is not a good movie. Therefore the movie did not make you laugh."
a. modus ponens
b. modus tollens
c. ad hominem
d. affirming the consequent
Ans: b. modus tollens
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