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Lyrx [107]
3 years ago
6

Test your knowledge of fallacies by selecting the type of fallacy used in the example below. Nine out of ten Americans already f

ile their taxes on the Internet. What are you waiting for?
hangman fallacy
either or fallacy
bandwagon fallacy
straw man fallacy
English
1 answer:
Alex17521 [72]3 years ago
4 0

The correct answer to "Nine out of ten Americans already file their taxes on the Internet. What are you waiting for?" is:

It is a type of Bandwagon fallacy.

The bandwagon fallacy is a fallacy based on the statement that the opinion of the majority is always valid, as if everybody does it, you should do it too.

Comes from latin<em> Argumentum ad populum </em>which literally means "appeal to the people".

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