Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Exercise for Example 3 Use inductive and deductive reasoning

Decide whether inductive or deductive reasoning is used to reach the conclusion. Explain your reasoning.

1. While shopping for a product, you notice that brand A is more expensive than brand B. You conclude that brand A is of higher quality than brand B.


2. Because the brand A product costs $1.50 and the brand B product costs $ 1.00, you conclude that the brand A product is 50% more expensive.


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