Can someone help me please

8. Yasmin looked at the pattern 2, 16, 18, 54, and determined that the next number should be 162. What type of reasoning did she use?

inductive reasoning

deductive reasoning

algebraic reasoning

direct reasoning

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Can someone help me please 


8. Yasmin looked at the pattern 2, 16, 18, 54, and determined that the next number should be 162. What type of reasoning did she use?

       inductive reasoning

       deductive reasoning

       algebraic reasoning

       direct reasoning

anonymous · Answer

That was easy (deductive reasoning) Well i think i was barley studying that myself!!

dj3strella · Answer

@perl is she right?

anonymous · Answer

If im wrong im wrong srry i just tried to help but not sure

dj3strella · Answer

i know and im trying to find out if ur right or not

anonymous · Answer

Probally isnt like i said i barley studied

perl · Answer

this is inductive reasoning

perl · Answer

also your question has a typo, it should say 2, 6, 18 , ...

perl · Answer

inductive reasoning says that a pattern you find will continue. the classic example is
 day 1 sun rose today 
day 2 sun rose again
day 3 sun rose again
 day 4 sun rose again
...
 therefore my (inductive) conclusion is: the sun will rise tomorrow 
in our mathematics example we find a pattern in a few numbers . However we cant be absolutely sure the pattern will continue, just as we cannot be absolutely sure the sun will rise tomorrow

perl · Answer

and you can google inductive reasoning versus deductive reasoning.