Determine If the Argument Is Valid or a Fallacy $\underline { \text {You did not get soup.} }$

question 209

Multiple Choice

Determine if the argument is valid or a fallacy. Give a reason to justify answer.
-You get soup or you get salad.
$\underline { \text {You did not get soup.} }$
You got salad.

• A) Valid by reasoning of transitivity
• B) Valid by disjunctive syllogism
• C) Fallacy by fallacy of the inverse
• D) Fallacy by fallacy of the converse

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