Statement: All desks are chairs. All chairs are tables. All tables are boxes. All boxes are trunks Conclusions: I. Some trunks are tables. II. All chairs are boxes. III. Some boxes are desks. IV. All desks are trunks.

Only I, II and III follow
Only I, II and IV follow
Only II, III and IV follow
All follow

Correct Answer: All follow

Explanation:

All tables are boxes + All boxes are trunks = A + A = A = All tables are → trunks → conversion Some trunks are tables (I) Hence I follows. All chairs are tables + All tables are boxes = A + A = A = All chairs are boxes Hence II follows. All desks are chairs + All chairs are boxes = A + A = A = All desks are boxes → conversion → some boxes are desks (I) Hence III follows. All desks are boxes + All boxes are trunks = A + A = A = All desks are trunks Hence IV follows.

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