Paul wrote:
I. Whenever some of the runners are leading off and all of the infielders are playing in, all of the batters attempt to bunt
II. Some of the runners are leading off, but some of the batters are not attempting to bunt
Which of the following conclusions can be deduced from the two statements given?
A) some of the runners are not leading off
B) some of the batters are attempting to bunt
C) none of the infielders is playing in
D) all of the infielders are playing in
E) some of the infielders are not playing in
To me it looks like a tough choice between C and E. I'll go with E and here's an attempt to explain.
I.
SOME A leading off,
ALL [color=red]B [/color]playing in =
ALL C attepmting to bunt.
II.
SOME A leading off =
SOME C not attempting to bunt.
We need to deduce smth from both statements taken together.
A. - wrong, because we can deduce that from each statement taken separately. If some
A ARE leading off, it means that some
A are
NOT leading off.
B. - wrong, because we can deduce that from statement II only. If some batters are
NOT attempting to bunt, then some
ARE attempting to bunt.
C. - wrong, because, like Srijay said, too EXTREME. If all B need to be playing in, for all C to attempt to bunt, then any lessening in the # of B playing in, would automatically lessen the # of B attempting to bunt. It doesn't have to be 'NO B playing in', therefore 'SOME C not attempting to bunt'. Although it could be valid as well.
D. - wrong, because "Whenever
SOME of
A are leading off, and
ALL of
B are playing in, then
ALL of
C are attempting to bunt". If D were true, then the result in statement II would equal the result of statement I (all batters attempting to bunt).
E. - is best.