Dane knows five people who have experienced difficulties with a certain appliance brand. when shopping for a new refrigerator with his partner, he will not consider purchasing this brand. in this example, dane has applied

reasoning by analogy

Explanation:

                    Reasoning by analogy is a type of reasoning where a comparison is made between something what is known and something new to reach a conclusion.

                    Analogies are devices used to compare two or more things and draw a conclusion or result based on the similarities or differences.

                   Thus when Dane went for purchasing a new refrigerator he uses reasoning by analogy to decide whether to buy that brand or not because he he knew five other people who have experienced difficulties with that particular appliance brand.

Thus Dane compares and try to draw a conclusion.

Hence the answer is "reasoning by analogy".

question - in 1827, john walker, a druggist in a small english town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. the druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. it is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. although walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. it could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. in a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. the match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. it would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. this was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar. according the paragraph what was the benefit of the new phosphorus match? it burst into flame when rubbed on sandpaper. it was made by mixing chemicals. it could be ignited on any dry surface. it threw fire in all directions.

answer - matches required natural chemicals