For each situation, identify whether inductive or deductive reasoning is used. Then

Chapter 11, Problem 16

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For each situation, identify whether inductive or deductive reasoning is used. Then state the hypothesis and conclusion. a. The dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex had sharp teeth. Animals with sharp teeth eat meat. Meat-eating animals are called carnivores. Therefore, Tyrannosaurus rex was a carnivore. b. Krystal adds 5 + 6 and gets 11. Then she adds 13 + 14 and gets 27. Then she adds 92 + 93 and gets 185. Krystal concludes that the sum of any two consecutive integers is odd. c. Kendra uses the properties of numbers to show that 2(x 3) = 10 is equivalent to x = 8.

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