Chain inference with a particular and a universal: from ‘‘Some hens are cows’’ and ‘‘All cows are horses’’ determine whether hens overlap horses and vice versa.
Verbal Reasoning
Logical Deduction
Difficulty: Medium
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Answer
Correct Answer: Both I and II follow
Explanation
Propagate the particular through the universal inclusion.
- Premise 1: Some hens are cows, so Hens ∩ Cows ≠ ∅.
- Premise 2: All cows are horses, so Cows ⊆ Horses.
- Conclusions: I. Some horses are hens. II. Some hens are horses.