Thinking ... Fuzzy!!

"If a field has gendle slope and  its type of rocks is permeable and   its soil depth is shallow it has low risk of soil erosion."

"No, no... Try again! Use the phraseology of something belonging to a class!"

"If a field has slope that belongs to class "gentle" and  its rock belongs to class "permeable " and the depth of its soil belongs to class "shallow", this field belongs to class "low" with respect to its risk to soil erosion."

"...But how do I handle membership functions? "

"Think of the membership function as the "strength" of an association, ie. the strength with which something belongs  to a class. And then think of the requirements you have in order to say that the risk to erosion is "low": They all have to be satisfied for your conclusion to be sound. These requirements are like the links of a chain: they all have to be there for the chain to work!"