It always rains about an hour after you finish washing your car. Concluding that washing your car caused it to rain is an example of the
A) fallacy of logic.
B) post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy.
C) fallacy of inductive reasoning.
D) ceteris paribus conditions.

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The post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy is a logical fallacy that assumes that if one event occurs after another, then the first event must have caused the second. In this case, concluding that washing your car causes it to rain because the rain follows the car wash is an example of this fallacy.

It Always Rains About an Hour After You Finish Washing