Homeowners aged 40 to 50 are more likely to purchase ice cream and are more likely to purchase it in larger amounts than are members of any other demographic group. The popular belief that teenagers eat more ice-cream than adults must, therefore, is false. The argument is flawed because the author

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• fails to distinguish between purchasing and consuming
  
  Because it is not given that homeowners aged 40-50 eat also, perhaps they only buy
  
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• auther fails to distinguish between consuming and purchasing..........as his statement only tells that they(aged 40-50) buy the ice cream but the ice cream is also consumed by them is not clarified
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• The argument is flawed because the author does not mention about the eating habits of persons aged 40-50 as compared to teenagers.
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• a) Fails to distinguish between purchasing and consuming
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