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Beautiful beaches attract people, no doubt about it. Just look at this city's beautiful beaches, which are among the most overcrowded beaches in the state. Which of the following exhibits a pattern of reasoning most similar to the one exhibited in the argument above?
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During warm weather my dog suffers from fleas ...........more so than during cooler weather. Therefore, ...........fleas must thrive in a warm environment.
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The original argument observes beautiful beaches are overcrowded and concludes that beautiful beaches attract people - it uses the observation to confirm the very premise it's based on, which is circular reasoning. Option D has the same circular pattern: it observes fleas are more numerous during warm weather and concludes that fleas thrive in warm weather, using the observation to confirm the premise.