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Hi there, thanks for your post. This is a Flawed Method of Reasoning question. The conclusion is "It is thus clear that medical procedures administered by doctors are frequently prescribed only because these procedures lead to financial rewards." The premises in support of this claim are that doctors are paid for each procedure they perform, and they get to decide which procedures they perform on their patients. Answer choice (B) describes this potentially flawed reasoning: the argument infers (concludes) the performance of certain actions (that doctors prescribe procedures only for financial rewards) on no basis other than the existence of both incentive (doctors are paid for each procedure) and opportunity for performing those actions (doctors do the treating). Hope this helps! Please let us know if you have any additional questions.