Question

You watch an ant taste a liquid and die. Several more ants sample the liquid and they die. You conclude the liquid is an ant poison.


Inductive reasoning
Deductive reasoning
neither

Answer 1

Inductive right? Im giving medals!

Answer 2

first one
but maybe the ant is just having a coke and a smile

Answer 3

i think deductive... but im not too good with that

Answer 4

Maybe :)

Answer 5

@satellite73 then whats deductive?

Answer 6

deductive is when you have a broad statement then you narrow it down and come to a conclusion. so by saying you say ants drink a liquid thats very broad but when you say you think its any poisoning it becomes very narrow so its deductive. to prefix de- means down or decrease

Answer 7

do you get it?