Question

State a conclusion that seems reasonable.

Answer 1

Answer:

Given is - You find a nest with 12 eggs in it. The first 5 hatch out to be snakes.  

A conclusion is defined as a judgment reached by reasoning.

Here given is that out of 12 eggs, 5 hatch out out to be snakes. So, it is possible that the rest were also snakes.

As all the eggs are found in the nest, together, it can be concluded that all eggs belong to a snake. There is close to no possibility, that two different species eggs can be found in a single nest.

Therefore, if 5 eggs were that of snakes, then the rest will also be of snakes.

Answer 2

Well, if there are 12 eggs grouped together, and 5 of them hatch to be snakes.... More than likely the other 7 will also turn out to be snakes because the eggs are all grouped together.