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Verbal Reasoning · Q47

Arithmetic Reasoning

Competitive Exams · Verbal Reasoning · question 47

Q47

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
Answer
C.
4
D.
5

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
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.