Luke went to a pediatrician when he was 6 months old. The pediatrician consulted a graph and concluded that Luke was in the 97th percentile for height, weight and length. The pediatrician predicted that Luke would be tall when he reached adulthood.What type of reasoning did the pediatrician use to generate her prediction about Luke's future growth in height?
A. reductionism
B. inductive reasoning
C. applied theory
D. deductive reasoning
Answer: B
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