Civil Service Exam Reviewer · Logical Reasoning · hard
Consider the statement: "If it rains hard in the morning, then the flag ceremony is held indoors." Suppose it is true that the flag ceremony is held indoors. Which conclusion necessarily follows?
- It rains hard in the morning.
- No definite conclusion can be drawn.
- It does not rain hard in the morning.
- The flag ceremony is not held indoors.
Answer
B. No definite conclusion can be drawn.
Solution
The statement only says what happens when it rains hard in the morning. Knowing that the flag ceremony is held indoors does not tell us whether it rains hard in the morning, because that could happen for another reason. Concluding "it rains hard in the morning" would be the fallacy of affirming the consequent.
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