Question: Identify which of the fallacies discussed in this section - appeal to authority, false dichotomy, post hoc, hasty generalization, accident, slippery slope, composition, or division

Identify which of the fallacies discussed in this section-appeal to authority, false dichotomy, post hoc, hasty generalization, accident, slippery slope, composition, or division-is committed in the statements below.
8. To solve our transportation problems, we have to put more money into mass transit. CBS News said so last night.
9. My son says he's ready to get married, but I don't think so. I'm his mother, and I know him best.
*10. On the basis of the rambling speech Madeleine gave at the school assembly last week, I would say she's not a good public speaker. Hasty generalization
11. How can you say that you washed the car? Did you wash every partunder the hood, around the muffler, under the seats?
12. One should always keep appointments. So even though Jos is an hour late, we should continue to wait for him.
*13. Congressman Jones denies that he's a liberal, so he must be a conservative. False dichotomy
14. I will vote for whomever the Democrat Party chooses as its candidate. If these experienced politicians think that someone is fit to represent them in office, then that person must be a good leader.
15. Twenty-five years after graduation, Harvard alumni have incomes much higher than that of the average college graduate. A Harvard education must be the road to riches.
*16. Everyone on the Dream Team is the best player in his position, so the Dream Team is the best team around.
Composition
17. If their band accepts this mainstream record deal, they'll be selling out! Next they'll get corporate sponsors for their tour, and then we'll be hearing their songs redone as commercial jingles for toothpaste.
18. A pile of stones will topple if it is not stacked vertically. So it is impossible to build a stone arch.
*19. Either Tom was telling the truth when he said his grade average was 3.7 or he was lying. But he wasn't telling the truth, since his average is actually 3.6, so he was lying.
 Identify which of the fallacies discussed in this section-appeal to authority,

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