You walk into the kitchen and see a broken egg on the floor. Which of the following is an inference you can make based on this observation?
a) The egg rolled off the kitchen counter***
b) the dog will eat the egg off the floor
c) there are pieces of broken eggshell on the floor
d) the egg is at room temperature
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Anonymous was it correct?
To make an inference based on the observation of a broken egg on the floor, we need to use the information we have and make a logical deduction.
In this case, the most reasonable inference would be option a) The egg rolled off the kitchen counter. To arrive at this conclusion, we can consider the following:
1. The broken egg is on the floor, which implies that it was at a higher level and dropped down.
2. The kitchen counter is a common place for eggs to be placed.
3. Eggs are not commonly found broken on the floor unless they have fallen from a higher surface.
By combining these pieces of information, we can infer that the egg likely rolled off the kitchen counter and fell onto the floor.
Therefore, option a) The egg rolled off the kitchen counter is the most reasonable inference based on the given observation.