Statements:Some saints are balls. All balls are bats. Some tigers are ...
Explanation:
Some saints are balls. All balls are bats.
Since one premise is particular, the conclusion must be particular and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that 'Some saints are bats'. Thus, II follows. Some tigers are balls. All balls are bats.
Since one premise is particular, the conclusion must be particular and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that 'Some tigers are bats'. I is the converse of this conclusion and so it holds.
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Statements:Some saints are balls. All balls are bats. Some tigers are ...
Statements:
- Some saints are balls.
- All balls are bats.
- Some tigers are balls.
Conclusions:
- Some bats are tigers.
- Some saints are bats.
- All bats are balls.
To solve this question, we need to use the information given in the statements to see which of the conclusions follow logically.
1. Some bats are tigers:
- We know that some tigers are balls.
- We also know that all balls are bats.
- Therefore, it is possible that some bats are also tigers.
- Conclusion 1 follows.
2. Some saints are bats:
- We know that some saints are balls.
- We also know that all balls are bats.
- Therefore, it is possible that some saints are also bats.
- Conclusion 2 follows.
3. All bats are balls:
- This conclusion cannot be logically deduced from the given statements.
- Therefore, conclusion 3 does not follow.
Hence, only conclusions 1 and 2 follow from the given statements. Therefore, the correct answer is option A.