document.write( "Question 506147: James has two more sisters than brothers. By how much do James' parents' daughters out number their sons? Please, I need this to be solved by tonight. Thank you. \r
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document.write( "Let B = the number of boys (sons) and G = the number of girls (daughters)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then James has B-1 brothers (he isn't his own brother!) and G sisters.\r\n" );
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document.write( "sisters = brothers + 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "      G = (B-1)+2\r\n" );
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document.write( "      G = B+1\r\n" );
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document.write( "    G-B = 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "So there is one more daughter than sons.\r\n" );
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document.write( "[Note: there is no way to find how many girls or boys,\r\n" );
document.write( "as there are many possibilities, however there are always\r\n" );
document.write( "1 more girl than boys. \r\n" );
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