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Statements: Only a few pencils are erasers. No eraser is a sharpener. Conclusions: I. Some pencils are not sharpeners.
II. All erasers being pencils is a possibility. Which conclusion(s) follow(s)?

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  • ABoth conclusions I and II follow
  • BNeither I nor II follows
  • COnly conclusion I follows
  • DOnly conclusion II follows

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The pencils that are erasers are not sharpeners (no eraser is a sharpener), so some pencils are not sharpeners (I). Nothing forces any eraser outside pencils, so all erasers being pencils is possible (II).
Answer: A) Both conclusions I and II follow

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