Biology: Science for Life with Physiology (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321922212
Author: Colleen Belk, Virginia Borden Maier
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 2LTB
Which of the following is an example of inductive reasoning?
- All cows eat grass;
- My cow eats grass and my neighbor’s cow eats grass; therefore, all cows probably eat grass;
- If all cows eat grass, when I examine a random sample of all the cows in Minnesota, I will find that all of them eat grass;
- Cows may or may not eat grass, depending on the type of farm where they live
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