Question

Everyday fresh is a retail outlet that sells its products at a discounted rate. It expands its product base to a new division that primarily sells stationery. Jason buys a set of pencils and erasers and assumes that these products must have a discount too. This kind of reasoning is said to be ________.

Answer 1

This kind of reasoning is said to be deductive reasoning. Deductive reasoning is making or drawing a conclusion from other statements. In this case, items in the store are all discounted so it is easy to assume that the items Jason wants to buy are also on sale.