Statement: All goats are flowers. No flower is branch. Some branches are roots. Conclusions: I. Some roots are goats. II. No roots are goat.

if conclusion I follow
if conclusion II follows
if either conclusion I or II follows
if neither conclusion I nor II follows

Correct Answer: if either conclusion I or II follows

Explanation:

All goats are flowers + No flower is branch = 1 + A = E = E = No goat is branch + Some branches are roots = E + 1 = 0* = Some roots are not goats. Hence neither I nor II definitely follows However, since the two from a complementary I - E pair, either of two must follow.

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