Which of the following arguments commits the post hoc fallacy?
A) Trevor always buys ice cream after he plays a game of baseball, and he just played baseball, so he will buy ice cream.
B) Smoking causes cancer, so everyone who smokes will get cancer.
C) Prostitution is legal in Nevada, so it will someday be legal in California.
D) More people are leaving the inner city for the suburbs, so the suburbs are growing.
E) I counted to three before I operated the slot machine, and I won a lot of money, so I won because I counted to three.
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