document.write( "Question 1208743: If I have 2 more sisters then brothers and each of my sisters also has 2 more sisters then brothers, how many more sisters than brothers does my oldest brother have?
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document.write( "If a family has boys and girls and some boy has 2 more sisters than brothers, \r\n" );
document.write( "then the number of girls in the family is 1 more than the number of boys,\r\n" );
document.write( "and each girl in this family has the same number of sisters as the brothers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If a family has boys and girls and some girl has 2 more sisters than brothers, \r\n" );
document.write( "then the number of girls in the family is 3 more than the number of boys,\r\n" );
document.write( "and each girl in this family has two more sisters than the brothers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From this reasoning, we conclude that the child who speaks and tells the story is a girl.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, in this family the number of girls is 3 more than the number of boys.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since the problem mentions about the oldest brother, the context is that \r\n" );
document.write( "there are other boys (more than one) in the family. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Since the oldest brother does not count himself when he counts his brothers,\r\n" );
document.write( "we conclude that the oldest brother (as any other boy in the family) has 4 more sisters than brothers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  In this family, the oldest brother has 4 more sisters than brothers.\r\n" );
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