11th Class Mental Ability Numbers Question Bank Question - Number System

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    In a family, each daughter has the same number of brothers as she has sisters and each son has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many sons are there in the family?

    A) 2

    B) 3

    C) 4

    D) 5

    E) None of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Explanation Option (b) is correct. Let d and s represent the number of daughters and sons respectively. Then, we have: d - 1 = S and 2(S -1) = d Solving these two equations, we get: d = 4, s = 3.


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