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

Competition practiceSyllogism
  • ANeither conclusion I nor II follows
  • BOnly conclusion I follows
  • CBoth conclusions I and II follow
  • DOnly conclusion II follows

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The pens that are markers are not pencils (no marker is a pencil), so some pens are not pencils (I follows). By converting 'some pens are markers', some markers are pens (II follows).
Answer: C) Both conclusions I and II follow

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