A few days ago
Jami

I need help with this word problem!?

At one family reunion, every nephew was a cousin. Half of all uncles were cousins. Half of all cousins were nephews. There were 30 uncles and 20 nephews. No uncle was a nephew. How many cousins were neither nephews nor uncles??

if you get the answer can you explain to me how you got the answer please…I came up with 0 but i dont think that is right!

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A few days ago
alivesolar

Favorite Answer

Like this: 20n’s /30u’s >all n’s =c so 20>

1/2 u’s= c=so 15> so far ,c=15>#of c=n+.5u so now c=20nephews+15half of uncles 35 total cousins so far,,

but there are 20 n’s thats half of all c’s so now c=40 so

5 c’s are not n or u

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A few days ago
patchygrly420
I’d say it’s zero, the first line states that every nephew is a cousin.. so it would not be possible for any of the cousins to not be a nephew
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A few days ago
bro_tj1
none becaue to be a cousin, you have to have an uncle or aunt with kids, thereby making you a nephew.

Unless one was a niece……….

o shoot……….

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A few days ago
Mace Face
ok i asked someone and they said 35. but idk how they get there they lost me right after the first explanation lol ill try to figure it out hold on
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