Question #6434238Single Choice

Geometry

Question

Which of the following statements is an example of deductive reasoning?

Options

A
    Every bird I have seen can fly, so all birds can fly.
B
    All rectangles have four right angles, and a square is a rectangle, so a square has four right angles.
C
    The sum of the interior angles of the first five polygons I checked followed the formula (n − 2) × 180°, so the formula must be true for all polygons.

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