Question

How would you categorize the following statement?

In a survey, 75 percent of all dentists agreed that chewing sugarless gum is good for your health.

Appeal to logic
Appeal to authority
Appeal to emotions
Appeal to reasoning

Answer 1

Appeal to authority

Step-by-step explanation:

In this statement, dentists are the ones endorsing sugarless gum. This is important as dentists are the ones with the best knowledge about dental health. Using this knowledge, we can correctly guess that this statement is an appeal to authority since the general public would trust dentists more than any other profession on this matter, no debate.

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Answer 2

Appeal to authority

Step-by-step explanation:

Since dentists specialize in teeth and gum is related to teeth, a dentist would have more influence than say, a carpenter. Because of this a dentist has more authority when answering teeth related questions