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#105398
TootyFrooty,
Your logic actually proves answer choice (C) wrong. When the author says "those" products, that is referring to the products made with recycled materials. And that's in the conclusion! So the author is not inferring something about all products from a premise about certain products. The author is inferring something about certain products from a premise about those very same products. That's what "those" denotes. Thus, the author can't be accused of the flaw in answer choice (C).
Instead, the author inferred something about certain products from certain facts about those products. If other facts about the same products could be bad for the author's argument, it's a flaw not to even mention that issue. And that's the flaw that answer choice (D) identifies.
Robert Carroll
Your logic actually proves answer choice (C) wrong. When the author says "those" products, that is referring to the products made with recycled materials. And that's in the conclusion! So the author is not inferring something about all products from a premise about certain products. The author is inferring something about certain products from a premise about those very same products. That's what "those" denotes. Thus, the author can't be accused of the flaw in answer choice (C).
Instead, the author inferred something about certain products from certain facts about those products. If other facts about the same products could be bad for the author's argument, it's a flaw not to even mention that issue. And that's the flaw that answer choice (D) identifies.
Robert Carroll