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[ptraye]

P: Only those animals that eat meat are considered carnivores.

(A1): (Some animals in the National Park are carnivores.)

(A2): (Most animals in the National Park are not carnivores.)

C: Therefore, there are animals in the National Park that eat meat.

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The correct answer is A1, and I got it correct. I want to try what you all said by testing the incorrect answer and making it correct.

If I diagram this (using A2) I would get:

(P) C ---> EM
(A2) Most -C

I don't think I can make a conclusion with this assumption. If the assumption had been most -EM, I could have created the assumption most -C.

Is there a conclusion that can be created using the premise and assumption 2?

However, I could create an assumption that says, "There are some animals that are not carnivores."

Thanks.

[tommywallach]

Hey Ptraye,

You could conclude a few things, if you wanted to:

1) Some animals in the National Park eat meat.
2) Some animals in the National Park don't eat meat.
3) Less than half of the animals in the National Park don't eat meat.

Those aren't very interesting, but you could logically conclude them!

-t