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Statements :
I. Some keys are locks, some locks are numbers.
II. All numbers are letters, all letters are words.
Conclusions :
I. Some words are numbers.
II. Some locks are letters.

A

Conclusion I follows

B

Conclusion II follows

C

Conclusions I and II follow

D

None of the conclusion follows

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C
Statement I consists of two Particular Affirmative (I-type) Premises.
Statement II consists of two Universal Affirmative (A-type) Premises.

   `I + A rArr` I-type of Conclusion
"Some locks are letters".
This is Conclusion II.

`A+ A rArr` A-type of Conclusion
"All numbers are words".
Conclusion I is Converse of it.
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