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Identify the type of logical fallacy used in the following sentence:

Tom’s doctor told him he needed to exercise more often, but Tom decided that if she actually cared about her patients, she wouldn’t keep them waiting so long at appointments and never apologize for it.


red herring


circular reasoning


ad hominem


false analogy

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Answer: ad hominem.

Explanation: Tom rejects the doctor's recommendation by attacking her character/caringness (and behavior) rather than addressing whether he should exercise. That's attacking the person, not the argument.