Knowee
Questions
Features
Study Tools

Some kids are adults.Some adults are not old.Conclusions1. Some kids are not old.2. Some kids are old.

Question

Some kids are adults.Some adults are not old.Conclusions1. Some kids are not old.2. Some kids are old.

🧐 Not the exact question you are looking for?Go ask a question

Solution

The given statements are:

  1. Some kids are adults.
  2. Some adults are not old.

From these statements, we cannot definitively conclude either of the conclusions:

  1. Some kids are not old.
  2. Some kids are old.

Here's why:

For the first conclusion (Some kids are not old), while it's true that some adults are not old, we don't know if the kids who are adults fall into this category. It's possible that all the kids who are adults are old. So, we can't definitively say that some kids are not old.

For the second conclusion (Some kids are old), while it's true that some kids are adults, we don't know if these kids are old or not. It's possible that all the kids who are adults are not old. So, we can't definitively say that some kids are old.

In conclusion, based on the given statements, we can't definitively conclude either of the proposed conclusions.

This problem has been solved

Similar Questions

Given two statements and two conclusions. Choose the correct options about the conclusions.Statements:Some Girls are AdultsSome Adults are OldConclusion:i. Some Girls are Oldii. Some girls are not OldQuestion 3Answera.Only i followsb.None followsc.Both i and ii followsd.Only ii follows

There are 72 people in a park. If 18 of them are adults and the rest are children, what percent of people are children?

Adults 90 years of age and older are in the category of the Very Old. True False

In a rapidly expanding population, which of the following is true?a.there are more people in the reproductive age than in the pre-reproductive ageb.there are about the same number of people in all the three age stagesc.there are more elderly people than childrend.there are fewer people in the reproductive age than in the pre-reproductive age

Adults pay more for bus tickets than children, therefore children should be required to give up their seats if an adult needs it.Which of the following state (a) an implicit assumption of the inference, and (b) a counterexample to the inference.

1/2

Upgrade your grade with Knowee

Get personalized homework help. Review tough concepts in more detail, or go deeper into your topic by exploring other relevant questions.