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Statements: No pen is a pencil. Some pencils are erasers. All erasers are tools. Conclusions: I. Some tools are pencils.
II. Some erasers are not 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

Step-by-Step Solution

The pencils that are erasers are also tools, so some tools are pencils (I). Those same erasers are pencils, and no pencil is a pen, so some erasers are not pens (II). Both follow.
Answer: D) Both I and II follow

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