To tell: Whether the reasoning process “John knows that multiplying a number by merely changes the sign of the number. He reasons that multiplying a number by an even power of will change the sign of the number an even number of times. He concludes that this is equivalent to multiplying a number by so that every even power of is equal to is deductive or inductive.
Answer to Problem 5CE
The reasoning process is deductive.
Explanation of Solution
Given information: “John knows that multiplying a number by merely changes the sign of the number. He reasons that multiplying a number by an even power of will change the sign of the number an even number of times. He concludes that this is equivalent to multiplying a number by so that every even power of is equal to
From the given statement, it is cleared that the conclusion based on definition.
That is, the conclusion based on accepted statement.
Thus, this conclusion must be true if hypothesis are true.
Therefore, the reasoning process is deductive.
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