"I Saw Smoke Coming from Behind the Mountain and When

question 45

True/False

"I saw smoke coming from behind the mountain and when I arrived at that side of the mountain, I noticed a fire in a wooded area. The smoke must have come from the fire." This is an example of reasoning by analogy.

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