Identify the fallacy: All planets are round A wheel is round Therefore , a wheel is a planet
A)undistributed middle
B)illicit major
C)illicit minor
D)ambiguous middle

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The fallacy of undistributed middle occurs when the middle term in a syllogism is not universally applied to both the major and minor premises. In this case, "round" is the middle term that is not properly distributed, leading to a faulty conclusion that a wheel is a planet just because both are round.

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