Question

traffic is always busy on friday afternoons at 4pm. it is friday at 4pm, so traffic will be busy. the angles in a vertical - angle pair are congruent to each other. ∠qed and ∠new form a pair of vertical angles, so ∠qed≅∠new. the measures of the two angles in a linear pair add to 180°. ∠jar and ∠mug form a linear pair, so the measures of ∠jar and ∠mug add to 180°.

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the reasoning type

In all three - given statements, we start with a general rule (traffic is busy on Friday afternoons at 4 pm; vertical - angle pairs are congruent; linear - angle pairs add up to 180°) and then apply it to a specific case (it is Friday at 4 pm; ∠QED and ∠NEW are a vertical - angle pair; ∠JAR and ∠MUG are a linear - angle pair). This is deductive reasoning.

Answer:

Deductive