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How many children? (Posted on 2013-09-02)

Ben’s oldest son was a twin.
All of Ben’s children were twins except for 41 of them.
All of Ben’s children were triplets except for 41 of them.
All of Ben’s children were quadruplets except for 41 of them.

How many children did Ben have?

*** Counting triplets as twins or, quadruplets as triplets is not permissible.

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 2.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

Ben had precisely 53 children.

For a detailed explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Salil in this location.

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Subject	Author	Date
Solution with minimum algebra	Brian Smith	2018-12-17 13:03:01
Solution	Salil	2013-09-03 05:34:34
computer solution	Charlie	2013-09-02 14:20:54
spoiler	xdog	2013-09-02 11:42:38
re: answer - spoiler - not sure?	Kenny M	2013-09-02 10:22:27
answer - spoiler	Ady TZIDON	2013-09-02 10:11:46

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