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Accept these as true: Some teachers are poets. No poet is lazy. Conclusions: I. Some teachers are not lazy.
II. All teachers are lazy. Which conclusion(s) logically follow?

Competition practiceSyllogism
  • ABoth I and II follow
  • BNeither I nor II follows
  • COnly II follows
  • DOnly I follows

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The teachers who are poets cannot be lazy, so some teachers are not lazy (I). That same fact makes II false.
Answer: D) Only I follows

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