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 Adam Tyson
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Instead of being a flaw in the argument, scerankosky7, answer D actually supports the argument. The author argues that anyone successful in sales has been doing it for at least three years, so if it takes some people longer than that to meet the necessary condition of a strong client base, that would help prove that someone successful has been doing it at least that long. The problem is failing to consider that it might take less time, not that it might take more time!

Don't make the mistake of thinking that the author is trying to prove that 3 years is sufficient. They are trying to prove that 3 years is necessary, when it might not be.
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 ashpine17
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Is making a comfortable living in sales and success the same thing?

Is this a question you would recommend diagramming? I personally found that it didn't help much mostly because I wasn't sure whether this was a conditional flaw or not.
 Robert Carroll
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ashpine,

I do not think those concepts are the same, but there's also a Mistaken Reversal flaw in this argument. So maybe the argument has two flaws. If any answer addressed the disconnect between "successful" and "comfortable living", that would be worth consideration.

This is a Mistaken Reversal, which should be apparent upon diagramming. Further, the stimulus uses clear conditional language. So you should diagram because of the language, and the diagramming will make crystal clear that the flaw is Mistaken Reversal.

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