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What is the smallest number of children the family might have?

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Each child in a family has at least 5 brothers and 4 sisters.
What is the smallest number of children the family might have?

posted Jul 11, 2014 by Karan Joglekar

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Smallest number is 11

answer Nov 4, 2014 by Kshitij Maloo



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