Consider the following relationships among members of a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F: 1. The number of males equals that of females. 2. A and E are sons of F. 3. D is the mother of two, one boy and one girl. 4. B is the son of A. 5. There is only one married couple in the family at present. Which one of the following inferences can be drawn from the above?
(b) A is the husband of D.
As per statement 1: The number of males equals that of females, i.e. there must be 3 males and 3 females in the family. Now, as per statements 2 and 4: A and E are sons of F and B is the son of A. We can denote it as the following family tree (wherein + denotes male and - female): As, we can see A, B and E are males. Hence, C, D and F must be females. As per statement 3: D is the mother of two, one boy and one girl.
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