Given premises: 'Some government employees are licensed attorneys.' and 'All licensed attorneys are college graduates.' What logical conclusion necessarily follows?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Some government employees are college graduates
- Step 1: There exists a subset of government employees who are attorneys (Some G are A). Step 2. Every member of the attorney set is a college graduate (All A are C). Step 3. Therefore, those government employees who are attorneys must also be college graduates (Some G are C). Answer: Some government employees are college graduates. Why not the others: We cannot conclude 'All government employees are college graduates' because the premise only applies to 'Some'.
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