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Statements: All cups are plates. All plates are bowls. Conclusions: I. All bowls are cups.
II. No bowl is a cup. Which conclusion(s) follow?

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

Step-by-Step Solution

Cups ⊆ plates ⊆ bowls, so some bowls are cups. 'All bowls are cups' reverses the relation and need not hold (I fails); 'no bowl is a cup' is false since cups are bowls (II fails). Neither follows.
Answer: C) Neither I nor II follows

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