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has seven children. What is the total
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Nancy Mo., lives in The United States of

America
Answered 2 years ago

~ Idea 1 ~

1 - There are 7 men and there are 7 wives. This

means:

14 People = 7 Men + 7 Women

2 - Each wife has 7 children so this means

49 Children = 7 Mothers * 7 Children

3 - The total number of people is…

63 People = 14 Adults + 49 Children

63 People = 7 Men + 7 Women + 49 Children

4 - There’s 63 people…unless this isn’t a trick

question

~ Idea 2 ~ (Most Likely)

1 - Children: 7 Men * 7 Wives * 7 Children = 343

2 - Wives: 7 Men * 7 Wives = 49

3 - Men: 7 Men = 7

4 - 343 Children + 49 Wives + 7 Men = 399

People

5 - There’s 399 people…this is more of a trick

math question then…

Most people would do the third idea. which is

wrong…look below

~ Idea 3 ~ (Wrong)

1 - Uh durrr this is obvious lol: Just do 7 * 7 * 7

2 - Lol It’s 343.

3 - lololol where’s the trick. I see nu trick

4 - [This person has fallen for the trick]

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Kaye Elle
Answered 8 months ago
Originally Answered: If 7 men have 7 wives and each man and
each wife have seven children, what is the total number of
people?

15, in the strictest sense.

First, let’s substitute every person. Let:

M = “man”
- = “married with”
F = “wife”

Now, imagine an inverted pyramid:

M1-F1 M2-F2 M3-F3 M4-F4

M5⸻F5 | M6⸻F6
M7⸻⸻—-F7
Child

M1 and F1 marry and have M5 as their child.

M2 and F3 marry and have F5 as their child.
M5 and F5 marry and have M7 as their child.

M3 and F3 marry and have M6 as their child.

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F6 as their child.
M6 and F6 marry and have F7 as their child.
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M7 and F7 go on to marry and have a Child.

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Lucas Curtis, Science teacher (2001-

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Answered 7 months ago · Author has 3.8K answers and
6.7M answer views
Originally Answered: If 7 men have seven wives and each man
and each wife have seven children, what is the total number of
people?

The answer changes depending on your

interpretation of the wording, which, I believe, has
been made intentionally vague so as to “fool” people
into giving the wrong answer.

If 7 men have seven wives

Does that mean that each man has seven wives, or

that there are seven men and seven wives total,
meaning the man-to-wife ratio is 1-to-1.

First let’s consider the possibility that each man has

seven wives.

Number of men = 7

Number of wives = 7 ⋅ 7 = 49

Number of children = 49 ⋅ 7 = 343

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Total number of people = 7 + 49 + 343 = 399
people
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Vaidehi Naikwade, M.Sc. Business
Analytics, University of Manchester (2019)
Answered 3 years ago

Let's consider for 1 man :

1 man has 7 wives and each have 7 children, so total

family member of 1 man will be,

1 man

1 wife has 7 children, so total 8 ( wife + her children)

and like wise he has 7 wives

Therefore,
If the man-to-wife ratio is 1-to-1, t
(8 × 7) + 1 = 57

So,

For 7 men, it will be :

57 × 7 = 399

Hence,

Total number of people are 399

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Nishant Chahal, former Freelance Content

Developer and Proofreader (2016-2020)
Answered 3 years ago

63 would be the correct answer.

Just break it down to the total number of family

members in each of the seven families. That's 9 for
each family, a couple and 7 children. Now 9 families
multiplied by 7. There's your answer of 63 as the total
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Pooja Bagri, Mathematics Expert at Self-

Employment (2019-present)
Answered 1 year ago · Author has 2K answers and
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Solve. 7men

7wives

Each wife has 7children

So 7 wives×7children=49children

49children+7men+7wives=49+14

=63

So total number of people 63

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Gabriel Bell, UK, Atheist, Fanfic Writer, Pro-

Choice, Male, Coder
Answered May 20, 2021 · Author has 14.1K answers
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Originally Answered: If 7 men have 7 wives, and each man and
each wife have 7 children, what's the total number of people?

You need to phrase your question more accurately.

Because the way it is phrased it is impossible to

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The answer can range anywhere from 21 to

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Misscallie Karleen
Answered 8 months ago

Well,7 men have 7 wives and each wife has 7 children

so each man has a wife and that wife has a child so I
think the number of total people is 21 which makes
the answer 21
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Shreyan Laha, Published 4 sci-fi novels so

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Answered 8 months ago · Author has 1.2K answers and
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Originally Answered: In a village there are 7 men and each man
has 7 women. Every woman has 7 children. How many people are
there in this village?

7 men

49 women

343 children

Total would be 399

Now, the above answer assumes every woman is

monogamous and is true to her marital relationship.

If every woman has 7 children from other men out the

extra marital relationships, there is another answer
since the data is insufficient.

If the women has maximum extramarital

relationships, there are 6 other men to flirt with and 7
children from each male is expected out of the
wedlock.

This equals 42 children from all men out of the

wedlock. But then, there are 49 women. Not one
woman. Hence, 42x49 equals 2058.

Now, 2058 children out of wedlock + 399 perfect

family population would add up and the total
population would be 2457
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Somil Shah
Answered 1 year ago

Answer: 742

Step-by-step explanation: 7 men

7*7 = 49 wives

49*(7 daughter + 7 daughter brother means son) =

49*14= 686

Total population = 686+49+7=742

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Karel Chlebek, Retired Engineer

Answered 3 years ago

If this is in a polygamist society where an individual

man can have seven wives the answer comes out at:

For one such man: ( 8 * 7 ) +1 = 57

8 = one wife + seven children , 7 = number of wives, 1

= the man himself.

There are seven such families, making a total of 57* 7

= 399.

But who would want seven mothers-in-law in the first

place?
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