Question
Statements: All national parks are parks. All parks are forests. Conclusion: 1. All national parks are forests. II. Some national parks are not forests. Hints: Consider all statements at face-value and as facts.Do not consider statements based on your understanding of reality, known information or educated assumptions. You may consider drawing Venn diagrams to arrive at the conclusion. Also, be mindful of the following rules of logic: No universal conclusion is possible with two particular statements. - No negative conclusion is possible with two positive statements. - No positive conclusion is possible with two negative statements.
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Nigel
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Based on the given statements, we can draw the following Venn diagram:``` National Parks / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \Parks Forests```From the diagram, we can conclude:I. All national parks are forests. (True)II. Some national parks are not forests. (False)Therefore, the correct conclusion is:I. All national parks are forests.