Determine whether each situation is an example of inductive reasoning or deductive reasoning and explain why.

A. The last few times I've driven past the beach on a sunny day, the parking lot was nearly full.Therefore, on sunny days, the beach parking lot will be nearly full.

B. On Thursdays, the trash gets picked up at the curb of the driveway.Today is Thursday.Therefore, the trash will get picked up at the curb of the driveway today.

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.

Statement A is an example of

inductive reasoning

deductive reasoning

.The statementapplies an established truth to a specific example

uses previous examples to make a conjecture

.Statement B is an example of

deductive reasoning

inductive reasoning

.The statementuses previous examples to make a conjecture

applies an established truth to a specific example

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