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Carol,an Acme Co

Question 45
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Carol,an Acme Co.employee,regularly takes pens,paper,and other office supplies from the Acme office supply cabinet and brings them home for her husband to use in his home office.Carol defends this action by saying that: "I don't get paid enough,and besides,no one will miss the supplies." This statement is an example of: A) circular reasoning. B) false analogy. C) bandwagon fallacy. D) a non sequitur.

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