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Statements: No man is intelligent. All women are intelligent. Conclusions: I. No man is a woman. II. No woman is a man.

Correct Answer: Both I & II follow

Explanation:

First Premise is Universal Negative (E-type).
Second Premise is Universal Affirmative (A-type).
We can align the Premises by Converting the first Premise and changing their order. Thus,
All women are intelligent. ↔ No intelligent is a man .
we know that,
A + E ⇒E-type Conclusion Thus our derived Conclusion would be:
"No woman is a man"
This is the Conclusion II. Conclusion I is the Converse of this Conclusion.
Therefore, both the Conclusions I and II follow.


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