If 60 seconds are in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day, then 86,400 seconds are in a day. What type of reasoning is this?

Question

If 60 seconds are in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day, then 86,400 seconds are in a day. What type of reasoning is this?

inductive
deductive

Answer 1

If 60 seconds are in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day, then 86,400 seconds are in a day. What type of reasoning is this?

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Answer 2

You eat at several Asian restaurants and decide that Asian food is salty. What type of reasoning is this?

inductive
deductive

Answer 3

The type of reasoning used in this statement is deductive reasoning. Deductive reasoning is a logical process where conclusions are drawn from general premises or statements. In this case, we have a set of premises about the number of seconds in a minute, minutes in an hour, and hours in a day. From these premises, we use deductive reasoning to conclude that there are 86,400 seconds in a day.