1) Studies show that the work week in the United States is one of the longest in the world. (2) Each extra hour spent at the office means an hour less spent at home. (3) This can interfere with people’s ability to spend quality time with friends and family. (4) People can quit their demanding jobs, or they can spend their entire lives at the office.

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Drag and drop the phrases into the correct locations to identify the fallacious reasoning in the paragraph.

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In the paragraph, Choose the word to complete sentence 1 uses fallacious reasoning. The type of fallacious reasoning in the sentence is

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In the paragraph, the word "show" in sentence 1 uses fallacious reasoning. The type of fallacious reasoning in the sentence is hasty generalization.

This reasoning is fallacious because it suggests that because some studies indicate a long work week in the U.S., it is universally true for all workers and overlooks individual differences or the variety of work situations.