I have 5 more brothers than sisters, and each of my brothers have 3 more brothers than sisters. (If there are 10 family members total, how many are brothers) I do believe that this problem should be edited to read: I have 5 more brothers than sisters, and each of my brothers have 3 more brothers than sisters. (If there are 10family memberssiblings total, how many arebrothers)MALES) Let the number of brothers be B Then number of sisters = B - 5 Including the NARRATOR, we get the following TOTAL-SIBLINGS equation: 1 + B + B - 5 = 10 2B - 4 = 10 2B = 14 Number of brothers, orSCENARIO #1 (MALE NARRATOR) Now, if a MALE narrator, the number of MALE SIBLINGS = 7 + 1 = 8. This gives us a total of 8 brothers and 2 sisters, which means that each brother would have 7 brothers and 2 sisters, or 5 more brothers than sisters. This makes the statement: "each of my brothers have 3 more brothers than sisters," FALSE. SCENARIO #2 (FEMALE NARRATOR) Now, if the NARRATOR were FEMALE, and with the established number of brothers being 7 (see above), the number of FEMALE SIBLINGS would be 3 (2 + narrator). This gives us a total of 7 brothers and 3 sisters, which means that the narrator (one of the sisters) has 7 brothers and 2 sisters, or 5 more brothers that sisters. This makes the statement: "I have 5 more brothers than sisters," TRUE. This also means that each brother would have 6 brothers and 3 sisters, or 3 more brothers than sisters, which also makes the statement: "each of my brothers have 3 more brothers than sisters," a TRUE one. Hence, the NARRATOR is FEMALE, and there are 3 FEMALE and 7 MALE SIBLINGS!