"If you studied hard, you would have received a passing grade. You didn't study hard. So you must not have received a passing grade."
This argument form is
A) affirming the antecedent.
B) affirming the consequent.
C) denying the antecedent.
D) denying the consequent.

Question

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This argument form is denying the antecedent. It starts with a conditional statement ("If you studied hard, you would have received a passing grade") and then denies the antecedent ("You didn't study hard") to conclude that the consequent must not be true ("So you must not have received a passing grade"). This is a logical fallacy because the conclusion does not necessarily follow from the premises.

"If You Studied Hard, You Would Have Received a Passing