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A king, the queen had 6 sons, each of those 6 sons had a daughter, now tell how many members were there in the family.
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Answer:
9
Explanation:
As the question is put, there is no one correct answer to the question.
The parents had 6 daughters. Does that mean “had” like in “give birth to” or is it the past tense of “to have”. In the former, we know there are 6 daughters. In the latter, there are currently a maximum of 5 daughters, as we can suppose, because of the past tense, that at least one has past away. And as Hagrinas Mivali pointed out, it could also mean that the parents once had 6 daughters, but now have 7 or more…
Are the parents still alive? No data is given, and the use of the past tense could also indicate that one or both parents have passed away…
Then there is the issue of “each daughter had a brother”. This could mean that every daughter has exactly one brother, or 1 brother in total. Or that each daughter has a brother, which means there could be up to 6 brothers in total.
However, 3 doesn’t end there… again there is the use of “had”, which in this case must stand for the past tense of “to have”. This might indicate one or more of the brothers have passed away, In fact, all could have passed away. Or, following the logic of Hagrinas Mivali, that the daughters once had a (as in one) brother, but now have more.
From all this we can deduct that the family either has 0 members (all past away) to a maximum of 14 (2 parents, 6 daughters, 6 brothers). Taking into account the logic of Hagrinas Mivali, the maximum could actually be higher…
But wait… is that maximum correct? The given data does not say anything about any other family member living in with them. Actually, strictly speaking, a family doesn’t even need to all live together. One of the brothers or daughters could have gotten married, maybe even had children, Those can be counted as part of the family. So if you think about it, the maximum numbers of members in the family cannot be determined.
NOW, since this is a questions in the section Puzzles and Trick Questions, let’s put the question like it should be to belong in this category.
Mr. and Mrs. King have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. Given this data, how many people are in the family cell?
In this case the answer -and the only correct one- is 9.
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Answer:
there are 14 members in the family