All math teachers are smart. Ms. Smith is your math teacher, so she is smart. What type of reasoning is this? inductive deductive

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asked Jun 21, 2018 229k views

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Dave Goodell · Answer 1 · 2018-06-26T13:05:51+0000

Answer: Deductive reasoning

Explanation:

Deductive reasoning is a reasoning which is a basic form of valid reasoning. It starts with a general statement or hypothesis and concludes the possibilities to approach a specific and logical conclusion.

Here the given statement is "All math teachers are smart. Ms. Smith is your math teacher, so she is smart."

Now, here the first statement is a general statement and the second statement shows the logical specific conclusion.

Thus, the given reasoning is a deductive reasoning.