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Which fallacy does the following statement or argument commit: “Supporters of the bill to ban chlordane and related termiticides maintain that it could cause 300,000 cancers in the American population in 70 years. This is like saying that we ought to introduce legislation that bans automobiles on the ground that cars kill people.” (a) straw man(b) red herring(c) Slippery slope(d) weak analogy(e) Hasty generalization

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Ans- Weak analogy

f the two things that are being compared aren't really alike in the relevant respects, the analogy is a weak one, and the argument that relies on it commits the fallacy of weak analogy