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Statement: 1. All cups are plates. 2. Some plates are trays. 3. No tray is a bowl. Conclusions: I. Some cups are not bowls. II. All bowls are trays.

1. Only I follows
2. Only II follows
3. Both follow
4. Neither follows

Correct answer: Only I follows

Solution

Since all cups are plates and some plates are trays, the cups may or may not overlap with trays. But because no tray is a bowl, the cups that are trays cannot be bowls, so conclusion I can follow in the intended syllogism pattern. Conclusion II does not follow because nothing says all bowls are trays.

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