A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many children are in the family?
Hint: Set up two small equations.
7 (4 girls and 3 boys).
With g girls and b boys: g − 1 = b and b − 1 = g/2. Solving gives g = 4 and b = 3.
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