Charlotte is a jeweller.A friend asks if she knows where violet diamonds come from.Charlotte replies that she has never seen a violet diamond,so they must not exist.Charlotte's _________________ reasoning may be in error.
A) premise
B) conceptual
C) inductive
D) deductive

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Charlotte's reasoning is inductive because she is making a generalization based on limited evidence (her personal experience). She cannot conclude that violet diamonds do not exist just because she has never seen them. Inductive reasoning involves using specific examples to form a general conclusion, but it is always possible for new evidence to emerge that would challenge that conclusion.

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