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The manager of a cold store says: 'Every consignment we have ever turned back at the gate had been more than twelve hours on the road.' Which of the following, if it were found in the gate register, would show the manager's statement to be false?

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  • AA consignment that had been fourteen hours on the road and was taken in
  • BA consignment that had been nine hours on the road and was turned back
  • CA consignment that had been thirteen hours on the road and was turned back
  • DA consignment that had been ten hours on the road and was taken in

Step-by-Step Solution

The manager's claim runs one way only: turned back implies more than twelve hours on the road. It is broken by a consignment turned back after a shorter journey, and by nothing else. A long journey ending in acceptance is untouched by the claim, which never says that long journeys are refused; a long journey ending in refusal is precisely what the claim predicts; and a short journey ending in acceptance agrees with it as well.
Answer: B) A consignment that had been nine hours on the road and was turned back

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