SOLUTION: The passengers on an excursion bus consisted of 14 married couples , 8 of whom brought no children, and 6 of whom brought 3 children a piece . Counting the driver, the bus had 31

Question 1147760: The passengers on an excursion bus consisted of 14 married couples , 8 of whom
brought no children, and 6 of whom brought 3 children a piece . Counting the driver, the bus had 31 occupants. how is this possible?
Answer by ikleyn(52905) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Some of them are parents, some their children, some are grandparents,

and parents are counted as the children in one connection and the same parents are counted as parents in other connection.

So, the same persons are counted twice.

It is not a Math problem ------ it is a puzzle, and very well known trick.

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