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Explain how the following argument uses deductive or inductive reasoning.

All babies cry. Mallory is a baby. Therefore, Mallory cries

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The contention utilizes deductive thinking since it deducts that Mallory cries since she is a child, and all children cry. Accordingly, Mallory likewise cries.

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