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( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #726891 by ikleyn(52787)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! . \n" ); document.write( "Answer. 4 boys and 3 girls. 7 children, in all.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solution\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "Let b be the number of boys and g be the number of girls.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Then\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); 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" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "First equation says \"each boy has b-1 brothers, and this number is equal to the number of sisters\".\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Second equation says \"each girl has g-1 sisters, and .. . and so on . . . \")\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "From (1), substitute \"b\" into (2) and get the answer.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "----------- \n" ); document.write( "Solved.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Thanks for this entertainment problem posted.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It was a pleasure to solve it.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "------------------ \n" ); document.write( "Comment from student: I didn't understand the wording, but I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Thanks for answering. \n" ); document.write( "------------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "My responce: I Emailed this problem today late in the evening to two my grandsons. \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One of them is 12-th grade; the other is 11-th grade.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "To my great satisfaction, both returned me their correct solutions less than in half an hour.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I was very happy !\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |