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My neighbor has two cats and both cats have yellow eyes.

Therefore when two cats live together, they will both have yellow eyes.

The given conclusion uses inductive reasoning because it is based on which of the following?

A two observations
B using previously-proven theorems to show that two cats living together will have yellow eyes.
C showing that all cats with yellow eyes live together
D many observations

User Zeshan Munir
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A: two observations.

The rest would prove for definite but due to the lack of observations (one case, two observation) this allows us to disprove (most likely) this conclusion.

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