Identify Any Fallacies in the Following Passage Either by Naming

question 131

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.
Speaker: In sum, despite the military's claims for the accuracy of smart weapons, over 70 percent of allied bombs missed their intended targets.
Person in audience: What's your documentation? Can you prove that you are right about that?
Speaker: Can you prove I'm wrong?

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Definitions:

Perpetual FIFO

An inventory management method where goods are sold in the order they are acquired, continuously updated to reflect sales and purchases.

Cost of Goods Sold

An accounting term referring to the direct costs attributable to the production of the goods sold in a company, including material and labor costs.

Ending Inventory

Ending inventory is the total value of goods available for sale at the end of an accounting period, calculated by adding new purchases to beginning inventory and subtracting cost of goods sold.

Periodic LIFO

An inventory valuation method where the last items placed in inventory are the first ones counted as sold, calculated at the end of an accounting period.