Identify the fallacy:All planets are round A wheel is round Therefore – McqOptions

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1.	Identify the fallacy:All planets are round A wheel is round Therefore , a wheel is a planet
A.	undistributed middle
B.	illicit major
C.	illicit minor
D.	ambiguous middle
Answer» B. illicit major

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