Personal Comment: A little less mathematical but still hard!!!
Big/Small Family Enigma
What we know: Todd used to think his friend Jeremy had a big family when he learned that Jeremy's family consisted of 1 grandfather, 1 grandmother, 2
fathers, 2 mothers, 4 childern, 3 grandchildern, 1 brother, 2
sisters, 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 father-in-law, 1 mother-in-law, and 1
daughter-in-law. Todd thought there were 23 people in Jeremy's family. Todd became jealous because all he had was a girlfriend to be with.
Enigma: What is the smallest number of people that can be in Jeremy's family?
Solution: 7, The party consisted of 2 little girls and a boy, their father and mother, and their father's father and mother.
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