Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Logic - 3.7 Arguments and Truth Tables - Exercise Set 3.7 - Page 193: 65

Answer

The correct option is (i).

Work Step by Step

The provided statement shows that the narrator puts only two solutions, either go to college and make something, for the problem ending up as an unhappy street person. But in reality, it can have more. Hence, the provided statement is an either/or fallacy because either/or fallacy is a type of fallacy in which only two solutions are mistakenly presented to a problem, negating one of these either/or alternatives, and concludes that the other must be true. Thus, this is a type of either/or fallacy.
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