A Restaurant Owner Makes the Following Deductive Argument: "If Our

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Multiple Choice

A restaurant owner makes the following deductive argument: "If our food is too spicy, then customers would complain. Customers have complained. Therefore, our food is too spicy." The owner's argument is most accurately described as:

• A) Affirming the consequent (invalid)
• B) Denying the antecedent
• C) Affirming the antecedent
• D) Denying the consequent

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