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All commodity traders are gamblers who risk sudden disaster. Therefore, all gamblers who risk sudden disaster are commodity traders. Use

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All commodity traders are gamblers who risk sudden disaster.
Therefore, all gamblers who risk sudden disaster are commodity traders.

Use conversion, obversion, and contraposition to determine whether the following arguments are valid or invalid. For those that are invalid, name the fallacy committed.

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Chapter # 4- Categorical Propositions
Section: Exercises 4-4
Problem: 16
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