Which of the following passages uses hasty generalization?
a) Nine out of ten cool kids at Parker's new school were coloring their hair and wearing cuffed jeans with boots, so he did too.
b) Parker only met a few kids from his school and they all seemed cool; therefore, all the students at his school would likely be cool.
c) The cool kids all had colored hair and wore cuffed jeans and boots because they were cool.
d) When Parker wanted to color his hair and get new boots to go with his jeans, his mom asked, "If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you do that too?"
The passage that uses hasty generalization is:
a) Nine out of ten cool kids at Parker's new school were coloring their hair and wearing cuffed jeans with boots, so he did too.