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1. Use inductive reasoning to predict the next three numbers in the sequence.

3, 7, 12, 18, ...

2. Given the two statements, write a third statement to complete a valid deductive reasoning argument.
Argument:
All planes fly in the air.
The Boeing 737 jet is a plane.
By deductive reasoning, one can conclude, ...

3. An architect, is designing a shopping mall.The scale is 1 in. = 12 ft. If one store in the mall is to have a frontage of 82 ft., how long will the line representing that store's frontage be on the blueprint?

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1. Use inductive reasoning to predict the next three numbers in the sequence.

3, 7, 12, 18, ...
Since the difference between two consecutive integers are increased by 1 each ...

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