Question

You eat at several Mexican restaurants and decide that Mexican food is hot. What type of reasoning is this?

inductive
deductive

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: inductive reasoning

Inductive reasoning refers to the type of reasoning that start by noting specific example and move up to form a general principles based on that example. In the case above, eating at several mexican restaurants is the 'specific example' and 'Mexican food is hot' is the general principles.

Answer 2

If you eat at several Mexican restaurants and decide that Mexican food is hot, then you are technically using "inductive" reasoning, since this would be a "bottom to top" approach of reaching a conclusion.