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Every component in this new computer system is high-quality and has a very low failure rate. Therefore, the computer system as a whole will be exceptionally reliable and almost never fail.
Which of the following identifies the logical flaw in the argument?
- It treats the low failure rate of the components as conclusive proof that the system can never fail under any circumstances.
- It attacks the manufacturers of the components rather than the components themselves.
- It fails to define what 'exceptionally reliable' means in a quantifiable way.
- It ignores the possibility that some components might be more expensive than others.
- It assumes that because every part of a whole has a certain property, the whole itself must inherit that property.
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