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Consider the following argument: 'Every component of the new aircraft engine is made of high-strength titanium. Therefore, the engine itself is virtually indestructible.'
Which logical flaw is most evident in this reasoning?
- It uses a single term in two different senses within the same argument.
- It generalizes from a single engine to all engines of the same model.
- It treats a lack of evidence for failure as proof of successful performance.
- It attacks the quality of the materials rather than the design of the engine.
- It assumes that what is true of the parts must also be true of the whole.
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