"If you went to the store last night,then we have milk.If we have milk,then we can have breakfast.If we have breakfast then we don't have to stop at Dunkin' Donuts.Therefore,if you went to the store last night,we don't have to stop at Dunkin Donuts." The preceding argument is which of the following types of argument?
A) an inductive argument
B) modus ponens
C) chain argument
D) generalization

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A chain argument takes two conditional claims (claims that assert that one thing is true if something else is true as well) and draws a conditional conclusion from them. In this argument, the premises are both conditional claims and the conclusion is as well.

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