Logic question

I'm looking for a term to describe this logic structure:

Red things are fast.
My car is red.
Therefore: My car is fast.

I realize that the logic in this example is flawed. I'm just looking for a term for the structure in this example.

I'm trying to help our daughter with her homework and I continue to impress her with my lack of knowledge.

 

You have a false premise, therefore your conclusion is faulty.

 

Correct. The equation would only be true if your first sentence began with the word "All."

 

OK, OK, so once again I prove my lack of knowledge.

Throw an "All" in front of the red.

Is there a term by which this type of logic equation is referred?

 

I'm not sure what more you're looking for.

 

Try this list of fallacies

http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/

 

It's a syllogism...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism

 

And the SportsJournalists.com fallacy of choice:

http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/ad-hominem.html

 

I wish I knew where my logic book was from college. I could tell you in an instant, but I just don't remember. Sorry man.

 

Your example is flawed, but I think you're getting at the transitive property.

Transitive property -- If X equals Y, and Y equals Z, then X equals Z.

 

I think you're right dedo. I couldn't remember it.

 

Throw in "All" and the logic of the statement is correct.