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In the statements below, take the given information to be true even if it seems to differ from commonly known facts. Statements: All pens are inks. All inks are dyes. Conclusions: I. All pens are dyes.
II. Some dyes are pens. Which conclusion(s) follow?

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  • AOnly II follows
  • BOnly I follows
  • CNeither I nor II follows
  • DBoth I and II follow

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All pens are inks and all inks are dyes, so all pens are dyes (I follows). Since all pens are dyes, at least those dyes are pens, so some dyes are pens (II follows). Both follow.
Answer: D) Both I and II follow

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