Identify if each argument uses inductive or deductive reasoning.
1. Niko is Danica's cousin. Since Donna is Danica's twin sister, Niko is also Donna's Cousin.
2. The school librarian notices that many Grade 8 students are requesting books about different countries in Africa. The librarian concludes that their social studies class must be studying about Africa.
3. Conrad notices that that each term in the sequence 4, 8, 16, 32,... is found by multiplying the previous term by two. He concludes that the next two terms are 64 and 128.
4. Given the sequence 13, 18, 23, and 28 you conclude that the next term will be 33.
5. All of the people that Ruby met in town are very strange. Ruby conclude that everyone in town is very strange.
Answers & Comments
Answer:
1. Deductive reasoning.
2. Inductive reasoning.
3. Deductive reasoning.
4. Deductive reasoning.
5. Inductive reasoning
Step-by-step explanation:
Deductive reasoning.
-May theory na at may pattern ang theory.
Inductive reasoning.
-Gumagawa palang ng theory.