In order to perform well in sports, you have to have strong muscles. Protein helps build strong muscles. Energy bars typically contain a high amount of protein. Therefore, companies are not being unethical by claiming that consuming their energy bars will enhance athletic performance.

The claim is supported by a chain of reasoning: sports performance requires strong muscles, protein helps build strong muscles, and energy bars contain protein. This is an appeal to the reader’s sense of logic, so the answer is “an appeal to the reader’s sense of logic.” The reasoning may be incomplete, since it does not prove that the bars actually improve athletic performance, but it is still presented as a logical argument.

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