Question 1
Statements:
All nurses are engineers.
No engineers is a doctors.
Conclusions:
I. Some doctors are nurses.
II. No doctors is a nurses.
Complementary Pair Concept:
Conclusions I and II form a complementary pair: "Some doctors are nurses" and "No doctors is a nurses"
These are opposite statements - at least one MUST be true.
Venn Diagram Method:
Step 1: "All nurses are engineers" → Circle of nurses inside engineers
Step 2: "No engineers is a doctors" → Circles of engineers and doctors completely separate
Step 3: Since nurses is inside engineers, and engineers is separate from doctors, then nurses is also separate from doctors
Step 4: Result: "No doctors is a nurses" is TRUE
Analytical Method:
All nurses are engineers (A) + No engineers is a doctors (E) = A + E = E = No nurses is a doctors
By conversion: No doctors is a nurses
Either-Or Case:
Since the conclusions form a complementary pair and one is definitely true, answer is "Either-Or".
Answer: Either conclusion I or II follows
Conclusions I and II form a complementary pair: "Some doctors are nurses" and "No doctors is a nurses"
These are opposite statements - at least one MUST be true.
Venn Diagram Method:
Step 1: "All nurses are engineers" → Circle of nurses inside engineers
Step 2: "No engineers is a doctors" → Circles of engineers and doctors completely separate
Step 3: Since nurses is inside engineers, and engineers is separate from doctors, then nurses is also separate from doctors
Step 4: Result: "No doctors is a nurses" is TRUE
Analytical Method:
All nurses are engineers (A) + No engineers is a doctors (E) = A + E = E = No nurses is a doctors
By conversion: No doctors is a nurses
Either-Or Case:
Since the conclusions form a complementary pair and one is definitely true, answer is "Either-Or".
Answer: Either conclusion I or II follows