No, that is not correct. "Always" is not introducing a sufficient condition here because what follows "always" is "long stems" and that is actually our necessary condition.
This is a perfect example of why you really need to understand the conditional statement.
Notice you can rewrite this part as follows: All specimens will fuzzy seeds have long stems.
So this would be diagrammed as follows:
FS âž¡ï¸ LS not LS âž¡ï¸ not FS
Now we are also told that such specimens "never have white flowers." "Never" is not introducing a sufficient condition here either. Rather this part of the sentence is telling us that fuzzy seeds and white flowers are mutually exclusive.
You can rewrite this part as follows: No specimens with fuzzy seeds have white flowers.
This would be diagrammed as follows:
FS âž¡ï¸ not WF WF âž¡ï¸ not FS
Hope this helps! Please let us know if you have any other questions.
cscornett17November 12, 2019
Could you explain in a little bit more detail why the correct solution is "or" rather than "and?"
