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Statements: All flowers are plants. Some plants are trees. Conclusions: I. Some flowers are trees.
II. No flower is a tree. Which conclusion(s) follow(s)?

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  • AOnly I follows
  • BEither I or II follows
  • COnly II follows
  • DNeither I nor II follows

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The plants that are trees may or may not be flowers, so neither 'some flowers are trees' nor 'no flower is a tree' is certain alone. As they are complementary and exhaust all cases, either I or II follows.
Answer: B) Either I or II follows

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