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None of the students taking literature L → ~P are taking physics.
Several of the students taking physics P ↢some↣ A are taking art.
None of the students taking rhetoric R → ~P are taking physics.
Which one of the following statements follows logically from the statements above?
There are students who are
Why this is right
This follows from the first and A ↢some↣ P second premises. P → ~L ∴ A ↢some↣ ~L
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None of the students taking
It can be inferred that some A ↢some↣ P students who take art do not P → ~L take literature, but it cannot ∴ A ↢some↣ ~L be inferred that none of them do.
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There are students who are
It can be inferred that some P → ~R students who do not take P → ~L rhetoric do not take literature, ∴ ~R ↢some↣ ~L but it cannot be inferred that some students who do take rhetoric do not take literature.
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None of the students taking
The relationship between P → ~R rhetoric and literature that P → ~L can be inferred is that some ∴ ~R ↢some↣ ~L students who do not take rhetoric do not take literature.
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There are students who are
While it can be inferred that A ↢some↣ P some students who take art P → ~L do not take literature, that ∴ A ↢some↣ ~L does not mean that some students who take art do take literature.
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