The teacher in your Geometry class asks all 21 of his students to draw a triangle on their paper and turn it in. He looks at the first 7 papers and finds that no student has drawn an obtuse triangle.

He concludes that no student has drawn an obtuse triangle.

Is this an example of inductive or deductive reasoning?

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The teacher in your Geometry class asks all 21 of his students to draw a triangle on their paper and turn it in. He looks at the first 7 papers and finds that no student has drawn an obtuse triangle. 

He concludes that no student has drawn an obtuse triangle. 

Is this an example of inductive or deductive reasoning?

valpey · Answer

This is an example of being an idiot, but we can chalk it up to inductive reasoning.

anonymous · Answer

thanks