What would be the smallest number of children

Hi,

[B][COLOR="Blue"][FONT="Arial Narrow"]Every child in a family has at least 4 brothers and 4 sisters. What would be the smallest number of children the family might have ?[/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



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Nikhil Rattan

The smallest number of boys will be 5 because each child has at least 4 brothers. (suppose, we are talking about Ram. Ram will also have at least 4 brothers. Thus, minimum number of boys will be 5.)
Similarly, the smallest number of girl will be 5.
Thus, the smallest number of children will be 10.

But i think the minimum number will be 9...As ritesh said., If we consider Ram., he will ve 4 brothers and 4 sisters.That doesnt imply that one more girl child is required.ram himself can 've a sister.

So the minimum number of children in the family will be 9!!

Sorry., ritesh was right..I didnt study the question properly...

The answer is ten only i think!!

But, if we consider a girl child Rani, she will also have at least 4 sisters. It means, there will be at least 5 girls in the family. Isn't it?

yes ritesh!!ur right!

Hope u ddint see my prev post...I ve changed my reply!!

Hi,

I also agree ritesh... 5 boys and 5 girls...

Thanks
Manoj:)

Yes Now Manoj has given the right answer with

correction of Ritesh.

Good work guys.

Regards

Nikhil Rattan