RE: Solve this simple equation (help pls)
December 6, 2017 at 10:38 pm
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2017 at 10:47 pm by ErGingerbreadMandude.)
(December 6, 2017 at 1:16 pm)pocaracas Wrote:(December 6, 2017 at 1:05 pm)pool the matey Wrote: Looool poca I grazed passed the part where you said "mother of aunt"... Answer is mother. 😊 congrats 😀
So... how is the answer mother and not aunt?
I think aunt will be a possibility if the question mentioned something about sisters 🤔 but since it didn't we can safely assume it's the mother 🤗
(December 6, 2017 at 1:23 pm)Whateverist Wrote:(December 6, 2017 at 12:52 pm)pool the matey Wrote: Good try but there is a correct answer (it's not a trick question, you just have to think about it)
I think there are unspecified assumptions going on here. Have either Gourav's or the girl on stage's parents been married to and had kids with other people? Then there is the possibility of adoption.
While the mother of the girl on stage had only one brother, did she have any sisters? While Gourav's mother brother was his father's only son, the girl's mother need not be that father's only daughter. If Gourav is the son of a sister, that makes Gourav and the girl on stage cousins. If the girl's mother is the only daughter, they Gourav and the girl on stage are brother and sister .. assuming neither is adopted or a half-sibling.
Are there any assumptions you think we should make here, Pool?
Trick is to only go with the question and not add anything extra
So no to adoption.
Quote:While the mother of the girl on stage had only one brother, did she have any sisters?Question doesn't mention anything about sisters, if it did there will be a possibility of the answer to be aunt but since it didn't answer will be mother.
Quote:While Gourav's mother brother was his father's only son, the girl's mother need not be that father's only daughter.Again, no mention of siblings in the question so if we make unnecessary assumptions we will get wrong answer.
Quote:If the girl's mother is the only daughter, they Gourav and the girl on stage are brother and sister .. assuming neither is adopted or a half-sibling.Yep. This is correct if the girl on stage is the sister of gourav then the relation of him with the mother of the girl becomes so that the mother of the girl is the mother of gourav 🤗