All professional athletes earn a lot of money. wes plays professional football so he makes a lot of money. what type of reasoning is this ?

Deductive reasoning

Step-by-step explanation:

A reasoning in which a conclusion is made on the bases of given premises that are commonly assumed to be true is known as the deductive reasoning.

The given statements : All professional athletes earn a lot of money. Wes plays professional football so he makes a lot of money.

Here, Given premise : All professional athletes earn a lot of money.

Conclusion made on premise = Wes plays professional football so he makes a lot of money.

So by the definition of deductive reasoning this type of reasoning is deductive reasoning.

the 8 in 8,420 is in the thousands place so it's value is 8 thousand.

the 8 in 6,870 is in the hundreds place so it's value is 8 hundred.

divide 8000 by 800 to find the answer:

8000 / 800 = 10

the 8 in 8,420 is 10 times greater than the 8 in 6,870