Which of the following is logically equivalent to the statement 'Some felines are not lions'?
ASome felines are lions.
BSome non-lions are not non-felines. ✓ Correct
CSome lions are not felines.
DNo-felines are lions.
Correct answer: (B) Some non-lions are not non-felines.
Explanation
The proposition 'Some felines are not lions' is a particular negative, and its contrapositive preserves meaning.
Contraposition of a particular negative gives 'Some non-lions are not non-felines'.
This matches the statement about non-lions that are not non-felines.
Both assert that at least one thing outside lions falls inside felines, so they are equivalent.
Hence the equivalent form is 'Some non-lions are not non-felines'.
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