Question

Consider the following statements and determine which of the given conclusions follow.
Statements:
a. All bananas are silver in color.
b. No silver-colored thing is cheap.
Conclusions:
I. All bananas are cheap.
II. Silver-colored bananas are not cheap.​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Clearly, the conclusion must be universal negative and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that 'No bananas is cheap'. Since all bananas are silver in colour, we may substitute 'bananas ' with 'silver-coloured bananas'. Thus, II follows.

Answer 2

Given:

Statement a. All bananas are silver in color.

Statement b. No silver-colored thing is cheap.

Conclusion I. All bananas are cheap.

Conclusion II. Silver-colored bananas are not cheap.

To find:

A conclusion that can be derived from the statements given.

Solution:

We can find the solution by following the given process-

We know that all the bananas are silver and any silver-colored thing is not cheap.

So, all the bananas are not cheap.

On considering conclusion I, it can be rejected easily.

Conclusion II clearly states that the bananas which are silver, are not cheap.

It follows both statements.

Therefore, Conclusion II follows the statements.