Subject
Bank Exam
Topic
IFIC Bank Officer 2012
In a family, each daughter has the same number of brothers as she has sisters and each son has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many sons are there in the family?
In a family, each daughter has the same number of brothers as she has sisters and each son has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many sons are there in the family?
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5Explanation
Let d and s represent the number of daughters and sons respectively. Then, we have : d - 1 = s and 2 (s - 1) = d. Solving these two equations, we get: d = 4, s = 3.Related questions
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