SOLUTION: 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 sho

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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!
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"Each child has at least 4 brothers"
means that for each boy there are 4 other boys that are his brothers,
so that there are at least 5 boys in the family.
"Each child in a family has at least ... 3 sisters"
means that for each girl there are 3 other girls that are her sisters,
so that there are at least 4 girls in the family.
The smallest number of children there might be in the family is
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