SYLLOGISM R-173
Directions: In each of the questions below are given three
statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and
IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they
seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the
conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions
logically follows from the given statements disregarding
commonly known facts.
1. Statements:
Some boxes are trees.
Some trees are horses.
All horses are fruits.
Conclusions:
I. Some fruits are boxes.
II. Some fruits are trees.
III. Some horses are boxes
IV No fruits are boxes.
(a) None follows
(b) Only either II or IV follows
(c) Only either I or IV and II follow
(d) Only either I or III and IV follow
(e) None of these
2. Statements:
All flowers are buses.
Some buses are cats.
All cats are tigers.
Conclusions:
I. Some tigers are buses.
II. Some tigers are flowers.
III. Some cats are flowers.
IV. Some buses are tigers.
(a) None follows (b) Only I and II follow
(c) Only III and IV follow (d) Only I and IV follow
(e) Only II and III follow
3. Statements:
All fans are rooms.
No room is green.
Some windows are green.
Conclusions:
I. Some windows are fans.
II. Some windows are rooms.
III. Some fans are green.
IV. No green is fan.
(a) Only I follows (b) Only III follows
(c) Only IV follows (d) Only II and IV follow
(e) All follow
4. Statements:
Some tablets are rains.
All dogs are rains.
All rains are chairs.
Conclusions:
I. Some chairs are tablets.
II. All dogs are chairs.
III. Some tablets are dogs.
IV. Some tablets are chairs.
(a) All follow
(b) Only, I, II and III follow
(c) Only II, III and IV follow
(d) Only III and IV follow
(e) None of these
5. Statements:
No man is sky.
No sky is road.
Some men are roads.
Conclusions:
I. No road is man.
II. No road is sky.
III. Some skies are men.
IV. All roads are men.
(a) None follows (b) Only I follows
(c) Only I and III follow (d) Only II and III follows
(e) None of these
6. Statement:
Some pages are papers.
Some papers are magazines.
All magazines are books.
Conclusions:
I. Some books are magazines.
II. Some books are papers.
III. Some magazines are pages.
IV. Some pages are magazines.
(a) All follow (b) Only I and III follow
(c) Only II and IV follow (d) Only I and IV follow
(e) None of these
7. Statements:
All windows are doors.
No door is a lock.
Some locks are keys.
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Conclusions:
I. Some locks are doors.
II. Some locks are not doors.
III. Some keys are not doors.
IV. All doors are windows.
(a) All follow.
(b) Only either I or II follows
(c) Only either I or II and III follow
(d) None follows
(e) None of these
8. Statements:
Some shirts are coats.
All coats are jackets.
Some jackets are trousers.
Conclusions:
I. Some shirts are jackets.
II. Some jackets are shirts.
III. All trousers are jackets.
IV. Some trousers are jackets.
(a) All follow
(b) Only I, II and III follow
(c) Only I, II and IV follow
(d) Only II, III and IV follow
(e) None of these
9. Statements:
All bikes are scooters. .
All scooters are scooties.
All scooties are mopeds.
Conclusions:
I. All mopeds are scooties.
II. All scooties are scooters.
III. All scooters are bikes.
IV. All bikes are mopeds.
(a) None follows (b) All follow
(c) Only III and IV follow (c) Only IV follows
(e) None of these
10. Statements:
Some pots are buckets.
Some buckets are bags.
Some bags are purses.
Conclusions:
I. Some purses are buckets.
II. Some bags are pots.
III. Some purses are pots.
IV. Some pots are bags.
(a) All follow (b) None follows
(c) Only I and III follow (d) Only II and IV follow
(e) None of these
11. Statements:
All biscuits are chocolates.
Some chocolates are breads.
All breads are pastries.
Conclusions:
I. Some biscuits are pastries.
II. Some pastries are chocolates.
III. Some biscuits are not pastries.
IV. All pastries are breads.
(a) Only I and II follow
(b) Only I, lI and III follow
(c) Only either I or III and II follow
(d) Only either I or III and IV follow
(e) None of these
12. Statements:
All birds are fruits.
Some fruits are towers.
All towers are windows.
Conclusions:
I. Some birds are towers.
II. Some windows are birds.
III. Some windows are fruits.
IV. Some towers are birds.
(a) None follows
(b) Only I and II follow
(c) Only II and III follow
(d) Only III follows
(e) All follow
13. Statements:
Some buses are trains.
No train is a dog.
All dogs are parrots.
Conclusions:
I. No bus is a parrot.
II. Some parrots are trains.
III. Some parrots are buses.
IV. No dog is a bus.
(a) Only either I or III follows
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only IV follows
(d) Only I and III follow
(e) None of these
14. Statements:
Some cups are flowers.
Some flowers are boxes.
All boxes are tigers.
Conclusions:
I. Some tigers are cups.
II. Some tigers are flowers.
III. Some boxes are cups.
IV. No tiger is a flower.
(a) None follows
(b) Only either II or IV follows
(c) Only III follows
(d) Only either I or III follows
(e) None of these
15. Statements:
Some cats are lions.
All lions are hares.
All hares are horses.
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Conclusions:
I. Some lions are horses.
II. Some horses are lions.
III. Some hares are cats.
IV. Some cats are hares.
(a) Only I and II follow
(b) Only III and IV follow
(c) Only I and III follow
(d) All follow
(e) None of these
16. Statements:
All boats are rivers.
All rivers are mangoes.
All mangoes are apples.
Conclusions:
I. All apples are boats.
II. All mangoes are boats.
III. All rivers are apples.
IV. All boats are mangos.
(a) All follow
(b) Only I and II follow
(c) Only I, III and IV follow
(d) Only II, III and IV follow
(e) None of these
17. Statements:
All glasses are roads.
No road is a stick.
Some sticks are pens.
Conclusions:
I. Some glasses are sticks.
II. Some pens are sticks.
III. Some roads are sticks.
IV. No glass is a stick.
(a) None follows
(b) Only I or IV and II follow
(c) Only either I or III or II follows
(d) Only either I or II and IV follow
(e) None of these
18. Statements:
Some lions are goats.
Some goats are horses.
Some horses are flowers.
Conclusions:
I. Some lions are horses.
II. Some goats are flowers.
III. Some lions are flowers.
IV. Some horses are lions.
(a) None follows
(b) All follow
(c) Only I and IV follow
(d) Only II and III follow
(e) None of these
19. Statements:
All trees are books.
Some books are tables.
All tables are pencils.
Conclusions:
I. Some pencils are tables.
II. Some books are trees.
III. Some tables are trees.
IV. Some pencils are trees.
(a) None follows
(b) All follow
(c) Only either I or III follows
(d) Only either I or II follows
(e) None of these
20. Statements:
Some doors are windows.
All windows are dogs.
Some dogs are cats.
Conclusions:
I. Some dogs are doors.
II. All dogs are doors.
III. Some cats are windows.
IV. Some dogs are windows.
(a) Only I and II follow
(b) Only II and III follow
(c) Only I and IV follow
(d) All follow
(e) None of these
21. Statements:
All buses are trains.
All trains are rickshaws.
All rickshaws are cycles.
Conclusions:
I. All cycles are buses.
II. All rickshaws are buses.
III. All buses are rickshaws.
IV. All trains are cycles.
(a) All follow
(b) None follows
(c) Only.I and II follow
(d) Only II and III follow
(e) None of these
22. Statements:
Some candles are houses.
Some houses are trains.
Some trains are roads.
Conclusions:
I. Some roads are candles.
II. Some trains are candles.
III. Some roads are houses.
IV. Some candles are roads.
(a) None follows (b) All follow
(c) Only I and II follow (d) Only II and III follow
(e) Only III and IV follow
23. Statements:
No tree is fruit.
All fruits are stones.
All stones are rains.
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Conclusions:
I. No stone is tree.
II. No rain is tree.
III. Some rains are fruits.
IV. Some rains are trees.
(a) None follows
(b) Only either II or IV and III follow
(c) Only either II or III and I follow
(d) All follow
(e) None of these
24. Statements:
All books are stars.
Some stars are windows.
All windows are hills.
Conclusions:
I. Some windows are books.
II. Some hills are stars.
III. Some hills are books.
IV. Some stars are books.
(a) None follows (b) Only I and III follow
(c) All follows (d) Only II and IV follow
(e) None of these
25. Statements:
Some cats are rats.
All rats are bats.
Some bats are jungles.
Conclusions:
I. Some jungles are cats.
II. Some bats are cats.
III. Some jungles are rats.
IV. No jungles is cat.
(a) None follows
(b) Only III follows
(c) Only either I or IV and III follow
(d) Only either I or IV and II follow
(e) None of these
26. Statements:
All flowers are clouds.
No cloud is sky.
All skies are tigers.
Conclusions:
I. Some clouds are flowers.
II. All clouds are flowers.
III. Some tigers are skies.
IV. All tigers are skies.
(a) Only II and IV follow
(b) Only either I or II follows
(c) Only either III or IV follows
(d) All follow
(e) None of these
27. Statements:
All bulbs are tables.
Some bulbs are pots.
Conclusions:
I. All pots are tables.
II. No pot is table.
III. Some pots are tables.
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Only III (d) Only I and II
(e) None of these
28. Statements:
All rats are bells.
All bells are cars.
Conclusions:
I. All bells are rats.
II. Some cars are neither bells nor rats.
III. No car is rat.
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Only III (d) Only II and III
(e) None follow
29. Statements:
All roads are trees.
No tree is soap.
Conclusions:
I. No soap is road.
II. Some trees are roads.
III. No road is soap.
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Only III (d) None follows
(e) All follow
30. Statements:
Some hotels are bricks.
All bananas are bricks.
Conclusions:
I. Some bananas are hotels.
II. Some bricks are hotels.
III. No banana is hotel.
(a) Only I and II (b) Only II and III
(c) Only I follows (d) Only either I or II and II
(e) All follow
31. Statements:
Some books are lamps.
Some lamps are rods.
Conclusions:
I. Some books are rods.
II. No rod is either book or lamp.
III. All rods are lamps
(a) Only either I or II follows
(b) Only I and III follow
(c) Only II and III follow
(d) None follows
(e) All follow
32. Statements:
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Some spectacles are boxes.
No bat is a ball.
Some boxes are balls.
Conclusions:
I. Some boxes are not bats.
II. Some bats are spectacles.
III. No bat is a box.
IV. No ball is a spectacle.
(a) Only I follows (b) Only I and III follow
(c) Only II and III follow (d) Only IV follows
(e) None of these
33. Statements:
All fans are tubelights.
No pen is a bulb.
Some bulbs are fans.
Conclusions:
I. Some pens are tubelights.
II. No pens are tubelights.
III. Some tubelights are fans.
IV. All tubelights are fans.
(a) Only I and II follow
(b) Only I, II and III follow
(c) Either I or II and III follow
(d) Only III and IV follow
(e) None of these
34. Statements:
Some fruits are vegetables.
All liquids are drinks.
All drinks are fruits.
Conclusions:
I. Some drinks are vegetables..
II. Some fruits are liquids.
III. All liquids are fruits.
IV. No liquids are vegetables.
(a) Only I and II follow (b) Only II and III follow
(c) Only III and IV follow (d) Only I, II and III follow
(e) None of these
35. Statements:
All shirts are trousers.
Some socks are shoes.
All shoes are shirts.
Conclusions:
I. Some socks are shirts.
II. Some socks are trousers.
III. All shoes are trousers.
IV. All shoes are socks.
1 (c) 11 (c) 21 (e) 31 (d)
2 (d) 12 (d) 22 (a) 32 (a)
3 (c) 13 (a) 23 (b) 33 (c)
4 (e) 14 (e) 24 (d) 34 (b)
5 (e) 15 (d) 25 (d) 35 (e)
6 (e) 16 (e) 26 (e)
7 (e) 17 (e) 27 (c)
8 (c) 18 (a) 28 (e)
9 (d) 19 (e) 29 (e)
10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d)
ANSWER KEYSYLLOGISM R-173
Directions: In each of the questions below are given three
statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and
IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they
seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the
conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions
logically follows from the given statements disregarding
commonly known facts.
1. Statements:
Some boxes are trees.
Some trees are horses.
All horses are fruits.
Conclusions:
I. Some fruits are boxes.
II. Some fruits are trees.
III. Some horses are boxes
IV No fruits are boxes.
(a) None follows
(b) Only either II or IV follows
(c) Only either I or IV and II follow
(d) Only either I or III and IV follow
(e) None of these
2. Statements:
All flowers are buses.
Some buses are cats.
All cats are tigers.
Conclusions:
I. Some tigers are buses.
II. Some tigers are flowers.
III. Some cats are flowers.
IV. Some buses are tigers.
(a) None follows (b) Only I and II follow
(c) Only III and IV follow (d) Only I and IV follow
(e) Only II and III follow
3. Statements:
All fans are rooms.
No room is green.
Some windows are green.
Conclusions:
I. Some windows are fans.
II. Some windows are rooms.
III. Some fans are green.
IV. No green is fan.
(a) Only I follows (b) Only III follows
(c) Only IV follows (d) Only II and IV follow
(e) All follow
4. Statements:
Some tablets are rains.
All dogs are rains.
All rains are chairs.
Conclusions:
I. Some chairs are tablets.
II. All dogs are chairs.
III. Some tablets are dogs.
IV. Some tablets are chairs.
(a) All follow
(b) Only, I, II and III follow
(c) Only II, III and IV follow
(d) Only III and IV follow
(e) None of these
5. Statements:
No man is sky.
No sky is road.
Some men are roads.
Conclusions:
I. No road is man.
II. No road is sky.
III. Some skies are men.
IV. All roads are men.
(a) None follows (b) Only I follows
(c) Only I and III follow (d) Only II and III follows
(e) None of these
6. Statement:
Some pages are papers.
Some papers are magazines.
All magazines are books.
Conclusions:
I. Some books are magazines.
II. Some books are papers.
III. Some magazines are pages.
IV. Some pages are magazines.
(a) All follow (b) Only I and III follow
(c) Only II and IV follow (d) Only I and IV follow
(e) None of these
7. Statements:
All windows are doors.
No door is a lock.
Some locks are keys.
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Conclusions:
I. Some locks are doors.
II. Some locks are not doors.
III. Some keys are not doors.
IV. All doors are windows.
(a) All follow.
(b) Only either I or II follows
(c) Only either I or II and III follow
(d) None follows
(e) None of these
8. Statements:
Some shirts are coats.
All coats are jackets.
Some jackets are trousers.
Conclusions:
I. Some shirts are jackets.
II. Some jackets are shirts.
III. All trousers are jackets.
IV. Some trousers are jackets.
(a) All follow
(b) Only I, II and III follow
(c) Only I, II and IV follow
(d) Only II, III and IV follow
(e) None of these
9. Statements:
All bikes are scooters. .
All scooters are scooties.
All scooties are mopeds.
Conclusions:
I. All mopeds are scooties.
II. All scooties are scooters.
III. All scooters are bikes.
IV. All bikes are mopeds.
(a) None follows (b) All follow
(c) Only III and IV follow (c) Only IV follows
(e) None of these
10. Statements:
Some pots are buckets.
Some buckets are bags.
Some bags are purses.
Conclusions:
I. Some purses are buckets.
II. Some bags are pots.
III. Some purses are pots.
IV. Some pots are bags.
(a) All follow (b) None follows
(c) Only I and III follow (d) Only II and IV follow
(e) None of these
11. Statements:
All biscuits are chocolates.
Some chocolates are breads.
All breads are pastries.
Conclusions:
I. Some biscuits are pastries.
II. Some pastries are chocolates.
III. Some biscuits are not pastries.
IV. All pastries are breads.
(a) Only I and II follow
(b) Only I, lI and III follow
(c) Only either I or III and II follow
(d) Only either I or III and IV follow
(e) None of these
12. Statements:
All birds are fruits.
Some fruits are towers.
All towers are windows.
Conclusions:
I. Some birds are towers.
II. Some windows are birds.
III. Some windows are fruits.
IV. Some towers are birds.
(a) None follows
(b) Only I and II follow
(c) Only II and III follow
(d) Only III follows
(e) All follow
13. Statements:
Some buses are trains.
No train is a dog.
All dogs are parrots.
Conclusions:
I. No bus is a parrot.
II. Some parrots are trains.
III. Some parrots are buses.
IV. No dog is a bus.
(a) Only either I or III follows
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only IV follows
(d) Only I and III follow
(e) None of these
14. Statements:
Some cups are flowers.
Some flowers are boxes.
All boxes are tigers.
Conclusions:
I. Some tigers are cups.
II. Some tigers are flowers.
III. Some boxes are cups.
IV. No tiger is a flower.
(a) None follows
(b) Only either II or IV follows
(c) Only III follows
(d) Only either I or III follows
(e) None of these
15. Statements:
Some cats are lions.
All lions are hares.
All hares are horses.
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Conclusions:
I. Some lions are horses.
II. Some horses are lions.
III. Some hares are cats.
IV. Some cats are hares.
(a) Only I and II follow
(b) Only III and IV follow
(c) Only I and III follow
(d) All follow
(e) None of these
16. Statements:
All boats are rivers.
All rivers are mangoes.
All mangoes are apples.
Conclusions:
I. All apples are boats.
II. All mangoes are boats.
III. All rivers are apples.
IV. All boats are mangos.
(a) All follow
(b) Only I and II follow
(c) Only I, III and IV follow
(d) Only II, III and IV follow
(e) None of these
17. Statements:
All glasses are roads.
No road is a stick.
Some sticks are pens.
Conclusions:
I. Some glasses are sticks.
II. Some pens are sticks.
III. Some roads are sticks.
IV. No glass is a stick.
(a) None follows
(b) Only I or IV and II follow
(c) Only either I or III or II follows
(d) Only either I or II and IV follow
(e) None of these
18. Statements:
Some lions are goats.
Some goats are horses.
Some horses are flowers.
Conclusions:
I. Some lions are horses.
II. Some goats are flowers.
III. Some lions are flowers.
IV. Some horses are lions.
(a) None follows
(b) All follow
(c) Only I and IV follow
(d) Only II and III follow
(e) None of these
19. Statements:
All trees are books.
Some books are tables.
All tables are pencils.
Conclusions:
I. Some pencils are tables.
II. Some books are trees.
III. Some tables are trees.
IV. Some pencils are trees.
(a) None follows
(b) All follow
(c) Only either I or III follows
(d) Only either I or II follows
(e) None of these
20. Statements:
Some doors are windows.
All windows are dogs.
Some dogs are cats.
Conclusions:
I. Some dogs are doors.
II. All dogs are doors.
III. Some cats are windows.
IV. Some dogs are windows.
(a) Only I and II follow
(b) Only II and III follow
(c) Only I and IV follow
(d) All follow
(e) None of these
21. Statements:
All buses are trains.
All trains are rickshaws.
All rickshaws are cycles.
Conclusions:
I. All cycles are buses.
II. All rickshaws are buses.
III. All buses are rickshaws.
IV. All trains are cycles.
(a) All follow
(b) None follows
(c) Only.I and II follow
(d) Only II and III follow
(e) None of these
22. Statements:
Some candles are houses.
Some houses are trains.
Some trains are roads.
Conclusions:
I. Some roads are candles.
II. Some trains are candles.
III. Some roads are houses.
IV. Some candles are roads.
(a) None follows (b) All follow
(c) Only I and II follow (d) Only II and III follow
(e) Only III and IV follow
23. Statements:
No tree is fruit.
All fruits are stones.
All stones are rains.
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Conclusions:
I. No stone is tree.
II. No rain is tree.
III. Some rains are fruits.
IV. Some rains are trees.
(a) None follows
(b) Only either II or IV and III follow
(c) Only either II or III and I follow
(d) All follow
(e) None of these
24. Statements:
All books are stars.
Some stars are windows.
All windows are hills.
Conclusions:
I. Some windows are books.
II. Some hills are stars.
III. Some hills are books.
IV. Some stars are books.
(a) None follows (b) Only I and III follow
(c) All follows (d) Only II and IV follow
(e) None of these
25. Statements:
Some cats are rats.
All rats are bats.
Some bats are jungles.
Conclusions:
I. Some jungles are cats.
II. Some bats are cats.
III. Some jungles are rats.
IV. No jungles is cat.
(a) None follows
(b) Only III follows
(c) Only either I or IV and III follow
(d) Only either I or IV and II follow
(e) None of these
26. Statements:
All flowers are clouds.
No cloud is sky.
All skies are tigers.
Conclusions:
I. Some clouds are flowers.
II. All clouds are flowers.
III. Some tigers are skies.
IV. All tigers are skies.
(a) Only II and IV follow
(b) Only either I or II follows
(c) Only either III or IV follows
(d) All follow
(e) None of these
27. Statements:
All bulbs are tables.
Some bulbs are pots.
Conclusions:
I. All pots are tables.
II. No pot is table.
III. Some pots are tables.
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Only III (d) Only I and II
(e) None of these
28. Statements:
All rats are bells.
All bells are cars.
Conclusions:
I. All bells are rats.
II. Some cars are neither bells nor rats.
III. No car is rat.
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Only III (d) Only II and III
(e) None follow
29. Statements:
All roads are trees.
No tree is soap.
Conclusions:
I. No soap is road.
II. Some trees are roads.
III. No road is soap.
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Only III (d) None follows
(e) All follow
30. Statements:
Some hotels are bricks.
All bananas are bricks.
Conclusions:
I. Some bananas are hotels.
II. Some bricks are hotels.
III. No banana is hotel.
(a) Only I and II (b) Only II and III
(c) Only I follows (d) Only either I or II and II
(e) All follow
31. Statements:
Some books are lamps.
Some lamps are rods.
Conclusions:
I. Some books are rods.
II. No rod is either book or lamp.
III. All rods are lamps
(a) Only either I or II follows
(b) Only I and III follow
(c) Only II and III follow
(d) None follows
(e) All follow
32. Statements:
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Some spectacles are boxes.
No bat is a ball.
Some boxes are balls.
Conclusions:
I. Some boxes are not bats.
II. Some bats are spectacles.
III. No bat is a box.
IV. No ball is a spectacle.
(a) Only I follows (b) Only I and III follow
(c) Only II and III follow (d) Only IV follows
(e) None of these
33. Statements:
All fans are tubelights.
No pen is a bulb.
Some bulbs are fans.
Conclusions:
I. Some pens are tubelights.
II. No pens are tubelights.
III. Some tubelights are fans.
IV. All tubelights are fans.
(a) Only I and II follow
(b) Only I, II and III follow
(c) Either I or II and III follow
(d) Only III and IV follow
(e) None of these
34. Statements:
Some fruits are vegetables.
All liquids are drinks.
All drinks are fruits.
Conclusions:
I. Some drinks are vegetables..
II. Some fruits are liquids.
III. All liquids are fruits.
IV. No liquids are vegetables.
(a) Only I and II follow (b) Only II and III follow
(c) Only III and IV follow (d) Only I, II and III follow
(e) None of these
35. Statements:
All shirts are trousers.
Some socks are shoes.
All shoes are shirts.
Conclusions:
I. Some socks are shirts.
II. Some socks are trousers.
III. All shoes are trousers.
IV. All shoes are socks.
1 (c) 11 (c) 21 (e) 31 (d)
2 (d) 12 (d) 22 (a) 32 (a)
3 (c) 13 (a) 23 (b) 33 (c)
4 (e) 14 (e) 24 (d) 34 (b)
5 (e) 15 (d) 25 (d) 35 (e)
6 (e) 16 (e) 26 (e)
7 (e) 17 (e) 27 (c)
8 (c) 18 (a) 28 (e)
9 (d) 19 (e) 29 (e)
10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d)
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