SOLUTION: I have five more brothers than sisters, and each of my brothers also has 5 more brothers than sisters. If my family has 10 children, how many of the children are girl?

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Question 1096724: I have five more brothers than sisters, and each of my brothers also has 5 more brothers than sisters. If my family has 10 children, how many of the children are girl?
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I have five more brothers than sisters, and
each of my brothers also has 5 more brothers than sisters.
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The speaker has to be a boy, since all the boys have 5 more brothers than sisters
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If my family has 10 children, how many of the children are girls?
There has to be two girls and 8 boys, each boy has 7 brothers and 2 sisters
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