Inductive reasoning to guess two things about her

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The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle

Questions:

1. When Sherlock Holmes and Watson first meet Helen Stoner (page 1), Holmes uses inductive reasoning to guess two things about her. He gets one wrong and another right. Explain one of them.

2. Name another example of inductive reasoning in the story.

3. Ultimately, Sherlock Holmes solves the case by a combination of both inductive and deductive reasoning. One example of deductive reasoning that he uses is in figuring out that there must be a ventilator between the doctor's room and Julia's. Here's the first part of a syllogism that can be used to break down the deductive reasoning he uses. I want you to finish out the conclusion:

Major Premise: In well-sealed rooms, the smell of Cigar smoke from bedroom 1 could not travel to bedroom 2 unless there were a ventilator between.
Minor Premise: Cigar smoke was smelled in Julia's room, bedroom 2.
what is the Conclusion:

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