What formal fallacy is committed by the following argument? "If Wentworth is indeed the Phantom Strangler, then Wentworth is a dangerous psychopath. However, we have proved conclusively that Wentworth is not the Phantom Strangler

From this it follows that Wentworth is not a dangerous psychopath." A) denying the antecedent B) affirming the consequent C) affirming a disjunct


A

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