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2 Brothers and 2 Sisters
Each child in a family has at least 2 brothers and 2 sisters. What is the smallest number of children the family might have?
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6. If each boy in the family has at least 2 brothers, then the smallest number of boys is 3. Similarly, if each girl in the family has at least 2 sisters, then the smallest number of girls is 3. Thus, the smallest number of children the family might have is 6.Hide Answer Show Answer
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TOO EASY!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
It would be 5.
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I keep getting 5 as the answer. IF I am a boy, I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters. That makes 5 kids.
If I am a girl, I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters...same thing.
Am I missing something?
If I am a girl, I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters...same thing.
Am I missing something?
it cant be five unless the fifth kid is like mlti genderal. the kid would have two of each gender, but say it were three boys and two girls. the girls wouldn't each have two sisters
How can it be six??? If I'm a boy, I have 2 brothers and 3 sisters, and vice versa, that doesn't work.
I just noticed it was AT LEAST 2
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