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Statements: Some states are capitals.
No pens are capitals.
Conclusions: I Some states are not pens.
All states are pens.
III Some pens are not states.
IV All pens are states

A

Only I follows

B

Only III follows

C

Either I or II follows

D

Either III or IV and I follow

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D
Some states are capitals +o pens are capitals =Some states are capitals + No capitals are pens (on convrsion)=I+E=O= some states are not pens. Hence I follows, II, III and IV do not follows by the given statements, but III and IV make a complamentary pair.
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