Question

determine whether the type of reasoning used is inductive or deductive reasoning. if class is cancelled, i go to the beach with my friends. i did not go to the beach with my friends yesterday; therefore, class was not cancelled. deductive inductive

Explanation:

The reasoning uses a conditional premise ("If class is cancelled, I go to the beach") and negation of the consequent ("did not go to the beach") to conclude the negation of the antecedent ("class was not cancelled"), which is a logical structure (modus tollens) characteristic of deductive reasoning.

Answer:

Deductive