Practicing Success
Two Statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusion logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: 1. All bottles are black. 2. All black are white. Conclusions: (I) All blacks are bottles. (II) Some blacks are not white. |
Only conclusion I follows Both conclusions I and II follow Neither conclusion follows Only conclusion II follows |
Neither conclusion follows |
A Venn diagram based on the statements is: 1. All blacks being bottles is not a possibility based on statement 1, thus, conclusion I does not follow. 2. Statement 2 is a positive statement, thus a negative conclusion cannot be drawn from it and thus, conclusion II does not follow. ⇒ Thus, neither conclusions follow. |