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

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  • AOnly II follows
  • BNeither I nor II follows
  • COnly I follows
  • DEither I or II follows

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The link between cups and bowls is undetermined: some cups may be bowls, or none may be. Conclusions I and II are a complementary pair (one must hold), so either I or II follows.
Answer: D) Either I or II follows

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