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Question
Tam is good at drawing conclusions from given information, and Lan is good at using information to generate many possible conclusions. Thus, Tam is good at _________ reasoning and Lan is good at _________ reasoning.
A. deductive; deductive
B. deductive; inductive
C. inductive; deductive
D. inductive; inductive
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