Joshua Takes 15 Minutes to Reach His School

question 28

Multiple Choice

Joshua takes 15 minutes to reach his school. He has to be at the school at 7:00 a.m. every day. Therefore, he decides that he has to leave home at 6:45 a.m. every day to reach on time. Which of the following types of reasoning does Joshua use to arrive at this decision?

• A) Decisive reasoning
• B) Deductive reasoning
• C) Comparative reasoning
• D) Inductive reasoning
• E) Qualitative reasoning

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