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, be false. The argument is flawed primarily because the author

(A) Fails to distinguish between purchasing and consuming.

Explanation:

The given argument could be characterized as flawed due to its 'failure to differentiate between purchasing and consuming.' It exemplifies a scope-shift as the claim is accurate but the point of influence shuffles that misleads the reader and makes the argument flawed. It states that aged people buy more ice-cream in comparison to the young ones while the younger ones consume more so there lies a possibility that the elderly owners might have bought for the younger members of their family. Thus, this makes the argument fallacious.

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