Identify Any Fallacies in the Following Passage Either by Naming

question 179

Short Answer

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
"The police asked the neighbors on both sides of the Owens's home whether they'd ever seen either of them do any drugs. They all agreed they hadn't, so it's a pretty safe bet they aren't really drug users."

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Definitions:

Planned Variable Costs

The forecasted variable expenses that change in proportion to the activity of a business.

Budgeted Activity Level

An estimate of the amount of production, sales, or other activity for a particular period, used for budgeting and planning processes.

Static Budget

A fixed budget that does not change or adjust in response to variations in business activity levels throughout the budget period.

Variable Overhead Costs

Expenses related to the indirect costs of production that vary with the level of output.