document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1003113>Question 1003113</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A son in the family says I have sisters twice as many as brothers. A daughter in the same family says I have brothers 2/3 as many as sisters. How many children are in the family? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #619906 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=619906\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x, number of sisters<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each brother or sister excludes himself or herself in his or her counting of the other gendered siblings.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The x equation is what the brother says; and the y equation is what the sister says.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Return to the system and take <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=2y-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=2y-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This family has 9 girls (the sisters) and 5 boys (the brothers). </SPAN>\n" );
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