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What passage is an example of inductive reasoning? -Apex

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Inductive reasoning is a method in which the purpose is to provide strong support to find that the conclusion be valid and true. An example would be: if the sky is blue, and the color blue represents wonderful things, then it would stand to reason that the sky is a wonderful thing. If, than statements are good when using inductive reasoning.
Inductive reasoning involves applying a specific situation to the general case. For example,

'The equation "the gravitational force between two objects equals the gravitational constant times the product of the masses divided by the distance between them squared," has allowed us to describe the rate of fall of all objects we have observed.Therefore:The gravitational force between two objects equals the gravitational constant times the product of the masses divided by the distance between them squared.'

While there is no definitive proof that Newton's law of gravitation holds for everything, we can induce that it does, as all observed evidence supports this view.

However, inductive logic can also be misleading, for example,

I always hang my paintings with nails, therefore all paintings hang on hails.

Which is blatantly untrue while still applying a specific example to the general case.

Inductive logic is the opposite of deductive logic, which takes the general case and applies it to a specific situation.

For example,

All humans die eventuallyChristina is humantherefore, christina will one day die.

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Its a 1 sentence answer lmao
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lol i was thinking the same thing u literally had to type all of that but thanks for the help though

An example of inductive reasoning is as follows:

  1. Every day in the past, the sun has risen
  2. Therefore, the sun will also rise tomorrow

In this example, the conclusion is based on past observations or evidence rather than a guarantee of the sun actually rising.

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It was cool on the first day of summer, so the entire summer will be cool. -Apex

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The polls show 1 in 10 people so far have voted for Green. Green will lose.

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It snowed on New Year's Eve, so it will snow every New Year's Eve (apex)

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