Twenty percent of the women attending Ponderosa College are beautiful. Since Charlotte attends Ponderosa College, it follows that twenty percent of her is beautiful.

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The fallacy committed here is "Division," which incorrectly assumes that what is true of a whole must also be true of its parts. In this case, it wrongly concludes that because 20% of the women at Ponderosa College are beautiful, then 20% of Charlotte (an individual part of that group) must be beautiful.

Twenty Percent of the Women Attending Ponderosa College Are Beautiful