Directions: Determine whether each of the following arguments is an example of

inductive or deductive reasoning. Defend your answer by writing a concise explanation.

1. For the past 10 years, a tree has produced plums every other year. Last year the tree

did not produce plums, so this year the tree will produce plums.

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2. All home improvements cost more than the estimate. The contractor estimated that

my home improvement will cost P35,000.00. Thus my home improvement will cost

more than P35,000.00.

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3. All Nick Joaquin's novels are worth reading. The novel The Woman with Two Navels

is Nick Joaquin's novel. Thus, The Woman with Two Navels is worth reading.

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4. Mang Kiko is a grandfather and he is bald. Therefore, all grandfathers are bald.

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