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Take these statements as true: All bottles are jars. Some jars are cups. No cup is a plate. Conclusions: I. Some jars are not plates.
II. Some bottles are cups. Which conclusion(s) follow?

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  • AOnly II follows
  • BOnly I follows
  • CBoth I and II follow
  • DNeither I nor II follows

Step-by-Step Solution

The jars that are cups cannot be plates, so some jars are not plates (I). The cup-jars need not be bottles, so II does not follow.
Answer: B) Only I follows

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