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Four statements are followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they are at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow?

Statements:

(1) Some cats are lions;
(2) Some tigers are bears;
(3) No lion is a tiger;
(4) All bears are leopards.

Conclusions:

I. All cats are either leopards or tigers.
II. Some cats are leopards.
III. Some tigers are leopards.

A) Only conclusion I follows
B) Both conclusions I and II follow
C) Only conclusion III follows
D) Only conclusion II follows
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C) only conclusion III follows

(1) Some cats are lions; - lions and cats are not disjoint
(2) Some tigers are bears; - tigers and bears are not disjoint
(3) No lion is a tiger; - lions and tigers are disjoint sets
(4) All bears are leopards. - bears is a sub set of leopards

 

Some tigers are bears
All bears are leopard
then Some tigers are leopard
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