document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1051483>Question 1051483</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Sasha and Steve are sister and brother. Sasha has five times as many brothers as sisters, and Steve has twice as many brothers as sisters. How many girls and boys are there in this family? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First, we have to assume that \"sister\" and \"brother\" take on their commonly accepted gender identities and that there are no transgender issues in this particular family.  Hence, we assume that Sasha is Steve's sister and Steve is Sasha's brother and that all of the siblings identified as sister are female while all of the siblings identified as brother are male.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large g\"> represent the number of girls in the group of brothers and sisters and let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large b\"> represent the number of boys.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since we are assuming Sasha is one of the sisters, and therefore female, the number of sisters she has must be one less than the number of girls in the family while the number of brothers she has is simply the number of boys.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In a similar fashion, the number of Steve's brothers is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large b\ -\ 1\"> and the number of Steve's sisters is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large g\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Putting it all together, you get the 2X2 linear system:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ b\ =\ 5(g\ -\ 1)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ b\ -\ 1\ =\ 2g\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large b\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large g\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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