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Three Statements
Which of these three statements are true?
1. All humans are mortal. Socrates is human. This implies that Socrates is mortal.
2. The next number in the series 3968, 63, 8, 3... is 2.
3. The next number in the series 1, 3, 6, 10... is 16.
1. All humans are mortal. Socrates is human. This implies that Socrates is mortal.
2. The next number in the series 3968, 63, 8, 3... is 2.
3. The next number in the series 1, 3, 6, 10... is 16.
Answer
Statements 1 and 2 are true; statement 3 is false.Statement 1 is the simplest form of syllogism, and it's true.
In statement 2, each number is the square root of its preceding number increased by 1, and it's true.
In statement 3, the differences of neighboring terms are 2, 3, 4... and the next number should be 15, so it's false.
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