A scientist is trying to understand the behavior of a specific chemical reaction. Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the use of inductive reasoning?

A. The scientist observes that every time the temperature is increased, the reaction rate increases. Based on this, she concludes that increasing temperature generally speeds up chemical reactions.

B. The scientist knows that according to the Arrhenius equation, the rate of a reaction increases with temperature. She then predicts that increasing the temperature for this particular reaction will speed it up.

C. The scientist tests the reaction at multiple different temperatures and determines a specific equation that predicts the reaction rate based on the temperature.

D. The scientist uses a chemical database to look up previously recorded reactions of similar compounds and uses this information to predict the behavior of the current reaction.