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Concept Check on deductive and inductive reasoning.

Read the following arguments and determine whether they use inductive or deductive
reasoning:

Inductive All cats that you have observed purr. Therefore, every cat purrs.

Deductive The days of the week have a predictable order. Since today is Friday, tomorrow will
be Saturday.

Inductive A child examines ten apples, all of which are red, and concludes that all apples must
be red.

Deductive If an isosceles triangle has at least two sides congruent, then an equilateral triangle
is also isosceles.

Deductive If 5x = 25, then x =5.

Inductive _ Every time you eat peanuts, your throat swells up and you can't breathe. Therefore,
you are allergic to peanuts.