Syllogism
Logic
Level
3
Statements:
- Some mails are chats.
- All updates are chats.
Possible conclusions:
- All mails being updates is a possibility.
- No update is a mail.
Which of the following is true?
Neither conclusion follows
Only conclusion 1 follows
Only conclusion 2 follows
Both the conclusions follow
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1 solution
We know conclusion 2 is wrong right away, for if some mails are chats and all updates are chats, at least one mail would be a chat and thus an update.
Conclusion 1 is correct, for again, if some mails are chats and all updates are chats, it is possible that all mails are chats and thus updates.