A myth claims that you can balance an egg on its end only on the spring equinox (in March). A person balanced an egg on its end on July 8th, September 7, and October 25. Therefore, this myth is false. This conclusion is a result of what type of logic?

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anonymous · Answer

deductive reasoning.
a contrapositive statement.
inductive reasoning.
an inverse statement.

anonymous · Answer

@jim_thompson5910 can you help me :)

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

Well you have counter examples which prove otherwise, so it seems like deductive reasoning to me

basically you have one statement, but you have other statements which contradict the given statement which is supposedly true

so by deductive reasoning, it has to be false

anonymous · Answer

Oh, okay thanks i was having a lot of trouble with this one...

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

np