Elementary Geometry for College Students (7th Edition)

Published by Cengage
ISBN 10: 978-1-337-61408-5
ISBN 13: 978-1-33761-408-5

Chapter P - Preliminary Concepts - P.2 - Statement and Reasoning - Exercises P.2 - Page 14: 27

Answer

Deduction

Work Step by Step

This is a deductive argument, for she uses formal logic to prove her point. Starting with the rule that you can add the same number to each side of the equation, she adds 5 to each side of the equation to get that x is equal to 12.
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