Задачка из elementary school...

[Паша]

Дочке задали в школе - как решать? :confused:

"The McGuire family choir is singing gleefully before the fire. The choir has one grandmother and one grandfather; seven mothers and seven fathers; each father has two sons; and each son has four daughters.
What is the fewest singers there could be in the McGuire choir?"

[Карлсон]

86?

[Монашка]

Паша, эта задачка из серии "два сына, два отца сьели 3 яйца, сколько всего их было?"
пробуйте расписать на бумаге

[Буржуй]

Дочке задали в школе - как решать? :confused:

"The McGuire family choir is singing gleefully before the fire. The choir has one grandmother and one grandfather; seven mothers and seven fathers; each father has two sons; and each son has four daughters.
What is the fewest singers there could be in the McGuire choir?"

Choir is understood to imply more than one singer. Thus the answer to "What is the fewest singers there could be in the McGuire choir?" is 2.:34:

[Tiktak]

Дочке задали в школе - как решать? :confused:

"The McGuire family choir is singing gleefully before the fire. The choir has one grandmother and one grandfather; seven mothers and seven fathers; each father has two sons; and each son has four daughters.
What is the fewest singers there could be in the McGuire choir?"

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[Буржуй]

will be 46

"What is the fewest singers there could be in the McGuire choir?" Never mind bad English ;-)

[Tiktak]

1. GrF= 3.F = has 2 sons that are fathers # 5 and 6
2. GrM=4.M
5. F = has 2 sons (17, 18 )
6. F = has 2 sons (19,20
7. F= has 2 sons (21,22)
8. F= has 2 sons (23.24)
9. F=has 2 sons (25,26)
10. F= has 2 sons (27,28 )
11. M
12. M
13. M
14. M
15. M
16. M
#5 = 4 daugthers (#29,30,31,32)
#6 =4 d(33.34.35.36)
#17=4d(37,38,39,40)
#18=4d(41,42,43,44)
#19= 4d(45,46.47.48)
#20=4d (49.50.51.52)
#21=4d (53.54.55.56)
#22=4d (57,58,59,60)
#23=4d (61.62,63,64)
#24=4d (65.66.67.68)
#25=4d (69,70,71,72)
26=4d (73.74.75.76)
27= 4d (77.78.79.80)
28=4d (81,82,83,84)
so corrected all total I come up to 84.
I can not believe they would give such thing to solve in elementary school:rolleyes:

[Tiktak]

"What is the fewest singers there could be in the McGuire choir?" Never mind bad English ;-)

this is logical task, you got to include all the relatives in the group.

[Паша]

У Жирика самое маленькое число, но задачка не на смекалку -
по математике Problem of the Week.
У меня получается 34, если учесть, что дедушка - он же отец, а отец может быть и сыном.

[Паша]

1. GrF= 3.F = has 2 sons that are fathers # 5 and 6
2. GrM=4.M
5. F = has 2 sons (17, 18 )
6. F = has 2 sons (19,20
7. F= has 2 sons (21,22)
8. F= has 2 sons (23.24)
9. F=has 2 sons (25,26)
10. F= has 2 sons (27,28 )
11. M
12. M
13. M
14. M
15. M
16. M
All together 28 people
sorry did not read the first message well ;)

Tiktak, а где дочки?
"each son has four daughters"