alleryStart learning →All pens are books; no book is a pencil. Which must be true?
AAll books are pens
BAll pencils are pens
CSome pens are pencils
DNo pen is a pencil
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. No pen is a pencil
Pens lie wholly within books, and books exclude pencils, so pens exclude pencils too.
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