document.write( "Question 1074538: Logic Word Problem: Each child in a family has at least 4 brothers and 3 sisters. What is the smallest number of children there might be in the family? Can you help explain and show how to do it? Thank you! \n" ); document.write( "
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\"Each child has at least 4 brothers\"
\n" ); document.write( "means that for each boy there are 4 other boys that are his brothers,
\n" ); document.write( "so that there are at least \"5\" boys in the family.
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\n" ); document.write( "means that for each girl there are 3 other girls that are her sisters,
\n" ); document.write( "so that there are at least \"4\" girls in the family.
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