Statements:Some clothes are marbles. Some marbles are bags.Conclusions...
Explanation:
Since both the premises are particular, no definite conclusion follows. However, I and III involve only the extreme terms and form a complementary pair. Thus, either I or III follows.
View all questions of this testStatements:Some clothes are marbles. Some marbles are bags.Conclusions...
Explanation:
Given Statements:
- Some clothes are marbles.
- Some marbles are bags.
Conclusions:
- No cloth is a bag.
- All marbles are bags.
- Some bags are clothes.
- No marble is a cloth.
Analysis:
- From the given statements, we can see that there is an overlap between clothes, marbles, and bags.
- We cannot definitively conclude that no cloth is a bag because there is an intersection between clothes and bags through marbles.
- Similarly, we cannot conclude that all marbles are bags because only some marbles are bags according to the statements.
- The statement "Some bags are clothes" cannot be directly inferred from the given information.
- The conclusion "No marble is a cloth" can be drawn as marbles and clothes have a separate existence based on the statements.
Conclusion:
- Therefore, only the conclusion "No marble is a cloth (I)" follows based on the given statements.