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In a family, the father took 1/4 of the cake and he had 3 times as much as each of the other members had. the total number of family members is

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Let the FAMILY members B x.

FATHER ate 1/4 of the cake; 
Rest members got 3/4x,
the father had 3 TIMES more than other members share i.e 3/4,
Now, 
3(3/4x) = 1/4,
3/4x = 1/12,
36 = 4x,
X = 9,
9 + 1(father) = 10 total family member.



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