If the magazine' s circulation continues to rise as it has over the last ten years, in another ten years it will be the largest-selling martial arts magazine in the world. Unfortunately, it has now become clear that the magazine' s publisher will not allow the managing editor to make the changes she has proposed, and without these changes, the magazine' s circulation will not rise as quickly over the next ten years as it has over the last ten. So the magazine will not be the largest-selling martial arts magazine ten years from now. The argument's reasoning is flawed because the argument
A: equates a reduction in the rate at which the magazine's circulation is increasing with a decline in the magazine's circulation
B: treats an occurrence that will ensure a certain outcome as something that is required for that outcome
C: identifies some changes required for the magazine's circulation to continue its rapid increase and concludes from this that no other changes are needed
D: draws a conclusion that simply restates a claim that is presented in support of that conclusion
Choose A, B, C or D as your solution.
B