What kind of reasoning is used in the following passage?
alton elementary school in washington, d. c., has had great success getting kids to eat vegetables at lunch by allowing them to taste-test different recipes before putting specific vegetables on the menu. if that plan has worked at alton, it can work at other schools, too.
a. academic reasoning
b. functional reasoning
c. comparative reasoning
d. practical reasoning
e. analogical reasoning

e. Analogical reasoning

Explanation:

Analogical reasoning draws conclusions by comparing two similar situations by assuming that if both settings are similar, then both results should also be similar. In this passage, the speaker assumes that Alton Elementary School is similar to other schools and, therefore, its success in getting kids to eat vegetables could be replicated.

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