A restaurant owner makes the following deductive argument: "If our food is too spicy, then customers would complain. Customers have complained. Therefore, our food is too spicy." The owner's argument is most accurately described as:
A) Affirming the consequent (invalid)
B) Denying the antecedent
C) Affirming the antecedent
D) Denying the consequent

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The argument is an example of affirming the consequent, which is a logical fallacy. It assumes that because the consequence (customers complaining) occurred, the cause must be the specific one mentioned (food being too spicy), ignoring other possible reasons for complaints.

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