When Leslie's Dad gets home before 6:00 p.m., it means he has finished a job early and is in a good mood. When Dad is in a good mood, he takes Leslie out for ice cream. While finishing her homework today, Leslie hears her father's car pull into the driveway. It is 5:30 p.m. So Leslie reasoned, "Tonight I get ice cream!" Leslie was using ________ reasoning.

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Leslie is using deductive reasoning, as she is applying a general rule (Dad gets home early = good mood = ice cream) to a specific situation (Dad is home at 5:30 p.m.) to reach a conclusion.

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