Statements: No tree is a bottle. No bottle is unbreakable. Choose the conclusion(s) that logically follow.

1.No tree is unbreakable

2.Nothing unbreakable is a tree

AOnly conclusion I follows

BOnly conclusion II follows

CBoth conclusions I and II follow

DNeither conclusion I nor II follows ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

Explanation

Neither conclusion follows, since both premises are negative.

'No tree is a bottle' and 'no bottle is unbreakable' are both exclusions.

From two negative premises no valid conclusion can be drawn.

The link between trees and unbreakable things is left wholly open.

Two exclusive premises yield nothing about tree and unbreakable.

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