Question 43
MediumOriginal questionAssume the statements are true.
Statements: All camels are yaks. Some yaks are llamas. No llama is a mule.
Conclusions:
I. Some yaks are not mules.
II. Some camels are not mules.
Show the answer and explanation
CorrectNot quiteAnswer A
Correct answer: A
Explanation
The yaks that are llamas cannot be mules. So some yaks are not mules: I follows.
Camels are only known to be yaks; the llama overlap may lie outside the camels. Every camel could be a mule, so II is not definite.
Only I follows.
- Concept
- Some + No inside a chain; the All link at the start is not carried
- Typical timeTypical
- 70 s
- Your timeYours
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