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A family has a man, his wife, their four sons and their wives. The family of every son also has 3 sons and one daughter. Find out the total number of male members in the whole family?

A family has a man, his wife, their four sons and their wives. The family of every son also has 3 sons and one daughter. Find out the total number of male members in the whole family? Correct Answer 17

Given statement;

Calculating the number of male members

A family has a man and his wife = +1

They have four sons =  +4

Each four sons has 3 sons and one daughter, = 4 × 3 = 12

Hence, there are 12 + 4 + 1 = 17 male members in the family.

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