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Argument: 'The school's debate team won the national championship this year. Therefore, every individual member of the debate team must be an exceptionally skilled debater.'
Which of the following describes the logical flaw?
- It treats a condition that is only necessary for winning as one that is fully sufficient for skill.
- It uses the word 'champion' in a manner that wrongly excludes other clearly high-performing debate teams nationwide.
- It fails to account for the central role the coach plainly played in the team's championship win.
- It assumes that a quality possessed by a group must be possessed by every individual member of that group.
- It assumes that because the team won the title this year, it will surely keep on winning in many future competitions.
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