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Mr Smith had 4 daughters each daughter had a brother.. How children does Mr Smith have?

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Answer:

8 children

Explanation:

It is given that Mr. Smith had 4 daughters. We also know that for every daughter he had a son. We can represent that as the total number of children= 4 plus 1(4). The first 4 is for the daughters and the 1(4) is 1 brother for each daughter.

User Febin Mathew
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4 girls and 1 boy is the answer
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