Syllogisms and Deductive Reasoning Flashcards
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All managers attend the budget meeting. Lena is a manager. Which conclusion must be true?
Answer: Lena attends the budget meeting
If all managers attend and Lena is a manager, she must attend.
No reptiles are warm-blooded. All snakes are reptiles. Therefore:
Answer: No snakes are warm-blooded
Snakes belong to reptiles, and no reptile is warm-blooded, so no snake is.
Some employees are bilingual. All bilingual staff get a bonus. What follows?
Answer: Some employees get a bonus
The bilingual employees qualify for the bonus, so some employees get one.
If it rains, the picnic is canceled. The picnic was not canceled. Therefore:
Answer: It did not rain
By contrapositive, no cancellation means it did not rain.
All squares are rectangles. All rectangles have four sides. Therefore all squares:
Answer: Have four sides
Squares are rectangles, and rectangles have four sides.
No cats are dogs. Some pets are cats. Which must be true?
Answer: Some pets are not dogs
The pets that are cats cannot be dogs, so some pets are not dogs.
Every certified driver passed the road test. Marco did not pass the road test. Therefore Marco:
Answer: Is not a certified driver
Certification requires passing, which Marco didn't, so he isn't certified.