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Which of the following is an example of deductive reasoning?

A. All the girls I know like the color pink, so all girls must like the color pink.

B. Every dog I’ve ever seen is black, so all dogs must be black.

C. Dogs are animals with fur, so my cousin’s dog Fido must have fur.

D. These 10 books are heavy, so all books must be heavy.

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All of them

Step-by-step explanation:

Deductive reasoning, or deduction, is making an inference based on widely-accepted facts or premises. ... Abductive reasoning, or abduction, is making a probable conclusion from what you know.

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