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Statements: Only a few pens are markers. No marker is a pencil. Conclusions: I. Some pens are not pencils.
II. All markers being pens is a possibility. Which conclusion(s) logically follow(s)?

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  • AOnly conclusion I follows
  • BBoth conclusions I and II follow
  • COnly conclusion II follows
  • DNeither conclusion follows

Step-by-Step Solution

Some pens are markers, and no marker is a pencil, so those pens are not pencils — I follows. Nothing forces any marker to be a non-pen, so all markers being pens is possible — II follows.
Answer: B) Both conclusions I and II follow

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