What fallacy is committed in the following example: Successful Wall Street executives are paid salaries in excess of $1 million. Therefore, the best way to ensure that Neal will become a successful Wall Street executive is to raise his salary to at least $1 million.
A) faulty cause
B) hasty generalization
C) appeal to popularity
D) appeal to tradition
E) appeal to authority

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The fallacy committed is "faulty cause" (also known as post hoc ergo propter hoc), which assumes that because one event follows another, the first event must be the cause of the second. In this case, it incorrectly assumes that raising Neal's salary will cause him to become a successful Wall Street executive.

What Fallacy Is Committed in the Following Example: Successful Wall