Question 44
MediumOriginal questionAssume the statements are true.
Statements: All rafts are boats. Some boats are ships. All ships are yachts.
Conclusions:
I. Some rafts are ships.
II. Some boats are yachts.
Show the answer and explanation
CorrectNot quiteAnswer B
Correct answer: B
Explanation
The boats that are ships are yachts, since every ship is a yacht. So some boats are yachts: II follows.
Rafts are inside boats, but the ship overlap may lie outside the rafts. I is not definite.
Only II follows.
- Concept
- Some + All inside a chain
- Typical timeTypical
- 70 s
- Your timeYours
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