"If you grew up in the city, you must like rap music. You like rap music. So you must have grown up in the city."
This argument form is
A) affirming the antecedent.
B) affirming the consequent.
C) denying the antecedent.
D) denying the consequent.
E) none of the above.

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This argument form is affirming the consequent, which is a logical fallacy. It assumes that because the outcome (liking rap music) is true, the condition that leads to the outcome (growing up in the city) must also be true, which is not logically valid.

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