TYPES OF REASONINGS (DEDUCTIVE OR INDUCTIVE)

All home improvements cost more than the estimate.

The engineer estimated that a home improvement will cost P100,000.00.

Thus, it will cost more than P100,000.00.

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inductive Reasoning

• Neither

All students in UP are smart.

Tim is a UP student.

Therefore, Tim is smart.

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inductive Reasoning

• Neither

Obtuse angles are greater than 180 degrees.

This angle is 190 degrees.

Therefore, this angle is obtuse.

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inductive Reasoning

• Neither

My mother is an Irish.

She has blonde hair.

Therefore, everyone in Ireland has blonde hair.

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inductive Reasoning

• Neither

Max is a shelter dog.

He is happy.

Hence, all shelter dogs are happy.

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inductive Reasoning

• Neither

Acute angles measure less than 90 degrees.

This angle is 40 degrees.

So, it must be an acute angle.

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inductive Reasoning

• Neither

The last six times we played our archrival in football, we won,

so I know we are going to win on Saturday.

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inductive Reasoning

• Neither

All passenger jeepneys in Metro Manila are at least 10 years old.

This jeepney is from Metro Manila.

Therefore, this is at least 10 years old.

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inductive Reasoning

• Neither

All engineers are men.

My sister is an engineer.

Therefore, my sister is a man.

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inductive Reasoning

• Neither

The coin I pulled from the bag was a penny.

The second coin I pulled was also a penny.

A third coin from the bag was a penny.

All the coins in my bag were pennies.

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inductive Reasoning

• Neither