Question

Yasmin looked at the pattern 2, 16, 18, 54, and determined that the next number should be 162. What type of reasoning did she use

inductive reasoning
deductive reasoning
algebraic reasoning
direct reasoning

Answer 1

The type of reasoning did Yasmine use is a deductive reasoning because it was not positive but confident. The deductive reasoning is a logical process in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true.