A detective infers that someone recently rearranged the furniture in a room, because there are depressions in the carpet where the furniture used to be. The detective is relying on which type of reasoning?
A) Analogy
B) Generalization
C) Sign
D) Example
E) Parallel case

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The detective is using signs or clues (the depressions in the carpet) to draw a conclusion about what happened in the room. This is an example of deductive reasoning, where the detective starts with specific observations and uses them to make a more general conclusion.

A Detective Infers That Someone Recently Rearranged the Furniture in a Room