document.write( "Question 1204311: I have 5 more brothers than sisters, and each of my brothers have 3 more brothers than sisters. (If there are 10 family members total, how many are brothers)
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document.write( "I have 5 more brothers than sisters, and each of my brothers have 3 more brothers than sisters. (If there are 10 family members total, how many are brothers)\r\n" );
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document.write( "I do believe that this problem should be edited to read: I have 5 more brothers than sisters, and each of my brothers\r\n" );
document.write( "have 3 more brothers than sisters. (If there are 10 family members siblings total, how many are  brothers) MALES)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let the number of brothers be B\r\n" );
document.write( "Then number of sisters = B - 5\r\n" );
document.write( "Including the NARRATOR, we get the following TOTAL-SIBLINGS equation: 1 + B + B - 5 = 10\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                                             2B - 4 = 10\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                                                 2B = 14\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                          Number of brothers, or \"matrix%281%2C5%2C+B%2C+%22=%22%2C+14%2F2%2C+%22=%22%2C+7%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "SCENARIO #1 (MALE NARRATOR)\r\n" );
document.write( "Now, if a MALE narrator, the number of MALE SIBLINGS = 7 + 1 = 8. This gives us a total of 8 brothers\r\n" );
document.write( "and 2 sisters, which means that each brother would have 7 brothers and 2 sisters, or 5 more brothers\r\n" );
document.write( "than sisters. This makes the statement: \"each of my brothers have 3 more brothers than sisters,\" FALSE.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "SCENARIO #2 (FEMALE NARRATOR)\r\n" );
document.write( "Now, if the NARRATOR were FEMALE, and with the established number of brothers being 7 (see above), the number of\r\n" );
document.write( "FEMALE SIBLINGS would be 3 (2 + narrator). This gives us a total of 7 brothers and 3 sisters, which means that the\r\n" );
document.write( "narrator (one of the sisters) has 7 brothers and 2 sisters, or 5 more brothers that sisters. This makes the statement:\r\n" );
document.write( "\"I have 5 more brothers than sisters,\" TRUE. \r\n" );
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document.write( "This also means that each brother would have 6 brothers and 3 sisters, or 3 more brothers than sisters, which also \r\n" );
document.write( "makes the statement: \"each of my brothers have 3 more brothers than sisters,\" a TRUE one.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the NARRATOR is FEMALE, and there are 3 FEMALE and 7 MALE SIBLINGS!
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