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For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-"Why should we buy a cell phone?" "Because everyone else has one."
A) Ad Hominem
B) Slippery Slope
C) Faulty Analogy
D) False Dilemma, Either/Or
E) Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

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The statement "Because everyone else has one" is an example of the Ad Populum fallacy, which argues that something is true or good simply because it is popular or widely accepted.

Matching For the Following, Match the Correct Fallacy to the Statement