INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. If U.S. Presidents start more wars, then the U.S. will go broke. If U.S. Presidents start more wars, then every country will boycott U.S. products. Therefore, if every country boycotts U.S. products, then the U.S. will go broke

A) This argument contains a fallacy of illicit transference.

B) This argument contains a fallacy of relevance.

C) This argument contains no fallacy.

D) This argument contains a fallacy of ambiguity.

E) This argument contains a formal fallacy.


E

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