Inductive and deductive reasoning

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The Giants have lost their last seven games. Thus, they will probably lose their next game. What type of reasoning was used?

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Inductive

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What type of reasoning is used in the statement: "All students go to school. You are a student. Therefore you go to school."?

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Deductive

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What type of reasoning is used when you see the numbers 2, 4, ... and decide the next number must be a 6?

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Inductive

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What type of reasoning is used if Ian is late every Monday in the first month of school, so he will be late next Monday too?

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Inductive

Front

What type of reasoning is used when you conclude that having two apples and two oranges results in a total of four fruits?

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Deductive

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Since today is Friday, tomorrow will be Saturday. What type of reasoning was used?

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Deductive

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What type of reasoning is used when predicting that it will rain on Christmas day this year because it rained every Christmas day for the past four years?

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Inductive

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A child examines ten tulips from a crop, all of them are red, and concludes that all tulips must be red. What type of reasoning was used?

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Inductive

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What type of reasoning was used when Clarke concluded that a platypus is an oviparous animal after seeing a pair of eggs in its nest?

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Deductive

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What type of reasoning was used when Lee concluded she will always earn A's on math tests after getting A's on her first 6 math tests?

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Inductive