Statements & Conclusions · Question 28 · Hard
Statements & Conclusions question 28
Statement: If a company makes a profit, it pays its employees a bonus. If it pays a bonus, employee morale goes up. This year, employee morale at the company did not go up.
Conclusions:
I. The company did not make a profit this year.
II. The company did not pay a bonus this year.
Which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement?
- Only conclusion I follows
- Only conclusion II follows
- Both I and II follow
- Neither I nor II follows
Answer and explanation
Answer: C. Both I and II follow
Explanation: Morale did not rise, so no bonus was paid (II, by the contrapositive). No bonus means no profit was made (I, by the contrapositive of the first rule). Both follow.
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