09-02-2005, 01:58 AM
Jangar Wrote:Well done Dudette
Pat has four more brothers than she has sisters. Her brother Jim has two more brothers than he has sisters. How many siblings in all? (Hint: There are fewer than 10.)
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Let's see...
Jim has 2 more brothers than sisters... and the total amount is less than 10...
So therefore jim must have at least 3 boets and a maximum of 7....
But if Jim has 6 boets he must have 4 sisters which makes 10 all in all which is too much...
So if Jim has 5 boets he will have 3 sisters which makes 9.... So far so good

If Jim has 4 boets it means that Pat has 1 sister but the question mentions sisters.... so that cannot be the answer and as soon as I figure out what the hang I was trying to work out I'll let you know...
My final answer is 9.... 6 brothers and 3 sisters...
*wonders if his reasoning made sense...*