Statements: All cups are plates. Some plates are bowls. No bowl is a spoon. Conclusions: I. Some plates are not spoons. II. Some cups are bowls. Which conclusion(s) follow?

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Only conclusion I follows. The plates that are bowls are not spoons (no bowl is a spoon), so some plates are not spoons — I follows. The bowl-plates need not be cups, so II does not follow.

Statements: All cups are plates. Some plates are bowls. No bowl is a spoon. Conclusions: I. Some plates are not spoons.
II. Some cups are bowls. Which conclusion(s) follow?

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Statements: All cups are plates. Some plates are bowls. No bowl is a spoon. Conclusions: I. Some plates are not spoons.II. Some cups are bowls. Which conclusion(s) follow?

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Statements: All cups are plates. Some plates are bowls. No bowl is a spoon. Conclusions: I. Some plates are not spoons.
II. Some cups are bowls. Which conclusion(s) follow?