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Premise 1: All valid passports issued by Country X have a visible holographic security feature. Premise 2: This document does not have a visible holographic security feature. Conclusion: Therefore, this document is not a valid passport from Country X. This is an example of what type of logical reasoning?

Deductive reasoning starts with general premises that are accepted as true and moves to a specific conclusion that must also be true if the premises are true. I

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Question: Premise 1: All valid passports issued by Country X have a visible holographic security feature. Premise 2: This document does not have a visible holographic security feature. Conclusion: Therefore, this document is not a valid passport from Country X. This is an example of what type of logical reasoning?

Answer options: ✅ Deductive reasoning.

  • Inductive reasoning.
  • Abductive reasoning.
  • Analogical reasoning.

Correct answer: Deductive reasoning.

Explanation: Deductive reasoning starts with general premises that are accepted as true and moves to a specific conclusion that must also be true if the premises are true. In this case, if all passports have the feature and this one doesn't, it cannot be a valid passport.

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