This argument-"If the problem of global warming is solved, there will be fewer tornadoes. There have been fewer tornadoes, so global warming is solved"-is an example of…
A) Denying the antecedent
B) Disjunctive syllogism
C) Affirming the antecedent
D) Affirming the consequent

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This argument is an example of affirming the consequent, a logical fallacy where one assumes that because the consequence of a hypothesis is true, the hypothesis itself must also be true.

This Argument-"If the Problem of Global Warming Is Solved, There