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Read this passage from geoffrey lean's "one poor harvest away from chaos":

since then, the number of hungry people worldwide has almost exactly doubled: from 460 million to 925 million. and this week the airwaves have been full of warnings that the formidable figure could be about to increase further, as a new food crisis takes hold. some experts warned that the world could be on the verge of a "nightmare scenario" of cut-throat competition for the control of shrinking supplies.

why is the passage an example of inductive reasoning?

a. the author uses pathos in order to appeal to the audience's feelings and emotions.
b. the author reveals his bias against the poor by providing a warning to the audience.
c. the author begins with a general theory and then uses specific information to prove it.
d. the author starts with specific facts and information, using them to prove a more general theory.

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