Question

He made several statements about the tree. Which statement is not true?
The leopard is more closely related to the jaguar than to the snow leopard.
The leopard is more closely related to the tiger than to the clouded leopard.
The leopard is more closely related to the snow leopard than to the clouded leopard.
The leopard is more closely related to the tiger than to the snow leopard.

Answer 1

Which one do you think is the answer?

Answer 2

what one can we enlimate?

Answer 3

old question, will respond so this can be closed

original tree: https://us-static.z-dn.net/files/d5f/6015cbaf6eb71fc14f7638a7f5c8115b.png

Answer 4

recall that organisms closer to each other will be more closely related

so going through the statements one by one:
The leopard is more closely related to the jaguar than to the snow leopard. --> true, notice how the leopard root is closer to the jaguar root, while the snow leopard is far away

The leopard is more closely related to the tiger than to the clouded leopard. ---> true, same reasoning as before

The leopard is more closely related to the snow leopard than to the clouded leopard. --->
true, same reasoning as before

The leopard is more closely related to the tiger than to the snow leopard. ---> false, as the tiger and snow leopard are on the same branch and thus the same evolutionary distance to the leopard

the question wants a false statement, so it's the last one