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.
A)inductive
B)deductive
C)divergent
D)convergent

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Leslie used deductive reasoning, which starts with a general statement or hypothesis and examines the possibilities to reach a specific, logical conclusion. In this case, Leslie knows that if her dad comes home early, he's in a good mood, and if he's in a good mood, they get ice cream. Since her dad came home early, she logically concluded they would get ice cream.

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