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
a. reasoning by sign
b. inductive reasoning
c. reasoning by analogy
d. deductive reasoning

b. inductive reasoning

Explanation:

Inductive reasoning

In inductive reasoning a person makes a broad general statement or conclusion based on particular observed Information.

One has the data and they draw their conclusion from that data, they make generalization from specific examples without complete certainty for example Dane knows five people who had experience difficulties with a certain appliances and she generalized then that all appliances of that brand have the same issues. Even though the statements by her friends may be true but it doesn't mean that her conclusion is also true it like for example when we see an old grandfather who is bald and then make an inference that all grandfathers are bald , it may be true that the grandfather we saw is bald but that may not be true for all grandfathers.

okay what's the question?

protectionism fosters competition and keeps price regulated is not an argument in favor of protectionism.