document.write( "Question 658579: I don't understand what the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning are. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #410373 by math-vortex(648)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "Inductive reasoning starts with specific examples or observations, then we generalize about\r\n" );
document.write( "the rules or patterns that lie behind them. This is reasoning that a detective uses to sift \r\n" );
document.write( "through clues in order to find the criminal. Here is a link to some good examples of inductive \r\n" );
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document.write( "http://www.basic-mathematics.com/examples-of-inductive-reasoning.html\r\n" );
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document.write( "Deductive reasoning, on the other hand, starts with the rules, and determines what the \r\n" );
document.write( "consequences will be. This is what we do in most of math, using definitions, axioms, and \r\n" );
document.write( "theorems to logically prove that other, more complicated, facts are true. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Here is a link to simple explanations and examples of both types of reasoning:\r\n" );
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document.write( "http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/previewtest?Y/Z/L/T/14841329498191\r\n" );
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document.write( "Best,\r\n" );
document.write( "~Ms.Figgy\r\n" );
document.write( "math.in.the.vortex@gmail.com\r\n" );
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