If Center 1 is the only recycling center that recycles wood, then which one of the following could be a complete and ...

Mehran on October 7, 2016

@BrieShaniece thanks for your message. The problem here is that your interpretation of rule 2 is incorrect.

Rule 2 does not establish that center 1 and center 2 recycle the same materials.

Let's break it down to understand why:

"Every kind of material that Center 2 recycles is also recycled at Center 1."

"Every" introduces a sufficient condition, so this rule would be diagrammed as follows:

2 ==> 1
not 1 ==> not 2

This means that if center 2 recycles a material, then center 1 must also recycle that material.

However, we cannot say that if center 1 recycles a material, then center 2 must also recycle that material.

Remember, don't just reverse! The existence of the necessary condition does not allow us to conclude anything else.

If center 1 recycles a material, it is possible that center 2 also recycles it but it is also possible that center 2 does not.

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Hope that helps! For a more in-depth discussion on Sufficient & Necessary conditions, please watch our video lesson on this topic.

shylahmarieg@gmail.com on September 26, 2018

Does this mean that in this question center 2 does not have to recycle N just because it has to be recycled in center 1 because W is present in center 1. I was confused about this while watching the video.

Skylar on August 3, 2020

@shylahmarieg@gmail.com, happy to help!

Rule #2 says that "every kind of material that Center 2 recycles is also recycled at Center 1." In other words, everything at Center 2 is also at Center 1. However, not everything at Center 1 has to be at Center 2.

In this question, we are told that Center 1 is the only recycling center that recycles wood. Therefore, wood is present at Center 1 and not at Center 2. Nevertheless, the two other kinds of material we assign to Center 2 will also be assigned to Center 1. We assign newsprint and glass to Center 2, which means we also assign newspring and glass to Center 1.

Does that make sense? Please let us know if you have any other questions!