Question

. Six members of a family ABCDE and F are travelling together. B is the son of C but C is not the mother of B. A and C are married couple. E is the brother of C. D is the daughter of A. F is the brother of B. How many male members are there in the family?

Answer 1

Answer:

4

Explanation:

B is the son of C but C is not the mother of B means C is the father of B. A is married to C means A is the mother of B. F is brother of B means F is son of A and C. D is daughter of A means D is daughter A and C.

A is the mother and hence female. B is the son and hence male. C is the husband and hence male. D is the daughter and hence female. E is the brother and hence male. F is the son and hence male. So ,there are four males.

Answer 2

Answer:

There are four male members in the family in the above-mentioned paragraph. They are as follows:-

• B
• C
• E and
• F

Explanation:

We know,

• A and C are married couple and C is not the mother of B. Hence, C is the father of B making A the mother of B.
• E is a brother of C so he is a male.
• D is a daughter so she is eliminated from the counting.
• F is B's brother. So he is a male.

Hence we get four male members in the family, they are as follows:-

• C, the father.
• B and F the two sons of C and
• E the brother of C.