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Roses always provide a stunning display of color, but only those flowers that smell sweet are worth growing in a garden. Some roses have no scent.

Which one the following conclusions can be properly drawn from the passage?


(A) Some flowers which provide a stunning display of color are not worth growing in a garden. - CORRECT. Those that don't smell sweet are not worth.

(B) All flowers with no scent provide a stunning display of color. - WRONG. Not necessarily true.

(C) Some flowers which are worth growing in a garden have no scent. - WRONG. Reverses the situation presented in the passage. It may or may not be true.

(D) Some roses which smell sweet are not worth growing in a garden. - WRONG. Goes exactly opposite to what passage claims.

(E) No sweet-smelling flower is worth growing in a garden unless it provides a stunning display of color. - WRONG. 2nd best choice. More of like B above as it makes an extreme claim.

Answer A.
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Let's break down the logic of the premises:
1. All roses = provide a stunning display of color.
2. If worth growing in a garden \(\rightarrow\) must smell sweet (Contrapositive: If no sweet smell \(\rightarrow\) NOT worth growing).
3. Some roses = have no scent.

Combining these statements:
Since there are some roses with no scent, they do not smell sweet, meaning they are not worth growing. However, because they are still roses, they absolutely provide a stunning display of color. Therefore, we have proof that there are flowers (these specific scentless roses) that provide stunning color but are not worth growing.

(A) Some flowers which provide a stunning display of color are not worth growing in a garden.
Correct. This matches our deduction perfectly. The scentless roses discussed in the prompt fit this exact description.

(B) All flowers with no scent provide a stunning display of color.
Incorrect. The passage only guarantees that roses provide a stunning display of color. Other scentless flowers might be completely plain.

(C) Some flowers which are worth growing in a garden have no scent.
Incorrect. This directly contradicts the explicit premise that only those flowers that smell sweet are worth growing.

(D) Some roses which smell sweet are not worth growing in a garden.
Incorrect. Smelling sweet is a required condition to be worth growing. While it is possible that a sweet-smelling rose might be rejected for another reason, we cannot definitively draw this conclusion from the given text.

(E) No sweet-smelling flower is worth growing in a garden unless it provides a stunning display of color.
Incorrect. The passage limits the "stunning display of color" rule to roses. It is entirely possible that another type of sweet-smelling flower is worth growing even without a stunning display of color.
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(A) Some flowers which provide a stunning display of color are not worth growing in a garden. Yes , why? Because they don’t have good sweet smell. This must be correct answer.

(B) All flowers with no scent provide a stunning display of color. Extreme option, uses the word All.

(C) Some flowers which are worth growing in a garden have no scent. No, we need good scents in our garden.

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Roses always provide a stunning display of color, but only those flowers that smell sweet are worth growing in a garden. Some roses have no scent.

Which one the following conclusions can be properly drawn from the passage?


(A) Some flowers which provide a stunning display of color are not worth growing in a garden.

(B) All flowers with no scent provide a stunning display of color.

(C) Some flowers which are worth growing in a garden have no scent.

(D) Some roses which smell sweet are not worth growing in a garden.

(E) No sweet-smelling flower is worth growing in a garden unless it provides a stunning display of color.
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