document.write( "Question 1111858: Amongst the children in a family, each boy has as many sisters as brothers, but each girl has only half as many sisters as brothers. Find the number of children in the family. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Answer.   4  boys and  3  girls.   7 children,  in all.\r
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document.write( "Let b be the number of boys and g be the number of girls.\r\n" );
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document.write( "b - 1 = g       (1)   (\"each boy has as many sisters as brothers\")\r\n" );
document.write( "2*(g-1) = b     (2)   (\"each girl has only half as many sisters as brothers\")\r\n" );
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document.write( "First equation says \"each boy has b-1 brothers, and this number is equal to the number of sisters\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Second equation says \"each girl has g-1 sisters, and .. . and so on . . . \")\r\n" );
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document.write( "From (1), substitute \"b\" into (2) and get the answer.\r\n" );
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