Question 51
EasyOriginal questionAssume the statements are true.
Statements: All buckets are tubs. Some tubs are basins.
Conclusions:
I. All tubs being buckets is a possibility.
II. Some buckets being basins is a possibility.
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: D
Explanation
A possibility follows if at least one picture that obeys the statements makes it true.
Draw the bucket circle and the tub circle as the same circle, with the basins overlapping it. Every statement holds and all tubs are buckets, so I follows.
Draw the basin overlap passing through the buckets. The statements still hold and some buckets are basins, so II follows.
Both I and II follow.
Worth noting
Nothing in the statements forbids either picture. For a possibility, you only need ONE valid picture, not every picture.
- Concept
- Possibility conclusions after All + Some
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