Assume the statements are true.
Statements: All buttons are coins. No coin is a ring.
Conclusions:
I. No button is a ring.
II. Some rings are buttons.

Only I followsCorrect answerYour answerOnly II followsCorrect answerYour answerNeither I nor II followsCorrect answerYour answerBoth I and II followCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer A

Correct answer: A

Every button is a coin, and no coin is a ring, so no button can be a ring. Conclusion I follows.
Conclusion II says the opposite of I. Since I is definite, II is definitely false.
Only I follows.

Worth noting

The pair 'No button is a ring / Some rings are buttons' looks like an either-or pair, but either-or needs NEITHER to follow alone. Here I follows, so the answer is 'Only I'.

Concept: All + No gives No
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Assume the statements are true.Statements: All buttons are coins. No coin is a ring.Conclusions:I. No button is a ring.II. Some rings are buttons.

Explanation

Assume the statements are true.
Statements: All buttons are coins. No coin is a ring.
Conclusions:
I. No button is a ring.
II. Some rings are buttons.