小红有 3 个妹妹 请问小红的妹妹小美有几个姐姐

Clarifying the question

I have this puzzle: “Xiaohong has 3 younger sisters. How many older sisters does Xiaomei, one of Xiaohong's sisters, have?”

At first, it seems tricky. But the phrase "小红有3个妹妹" means Xiaohong has 3 younger sisters, and “妹妹” clearly refers to younger sisters. So, Xiaomei has 2 older sisters, since Xiaohong is one of her older sisters along with the others—but one of them will always be the oldest older sister.

So, the answer is: Xiaomei has 2 older sisters!

Clarifying the puzzle

The statement "小红有3个妹妹" means Xiaohong has 3 younger sisters, so she’s the oldest. When the question asks about Xiaomei’s (小美) older sisters, the assumption is that Xiaomei is one of the younger sisters. Now, if Xiaomei is the second youngest or middle sister, she has only 1 older sister, which is Xiaohong.

Since Xiaohong has 3 younger sisters in total, Xiaomei will have 1 older sister if she’s not the youngest. So, the answer should be: Xiaomei has 1 older sister.

Breaking down the question

The question asks how many older sisters Xiaomei has, and we know Xiaohong has 3 younger sisters. Xiaomei is one of them, but we don’t know if she’s the youngest, middle, or second youngest. However, even if Xiaomei is the youngest, her only older sister is Xiaohong. Given that all sisters are younger than Xiaohong, the most straightforward answer seems to be 1, because the puzzle asks how many older sisters Xiaomei has, implying Xiaohong is the only older sister.

Examining the puzzle

The puzzle states that Xiaohong has 3 younger sisters, and asks how many older sisters Xiaomei has. Since Xiaohong is the eldest, the only possible answer is 1, because she is the only older sister among the four sisters. While there's ambiguity in the relative order of the younger sisters, the question suggests that, no matter what order Xiaomei is in, she will always have exactly 1 older sister, which is Xiaohong. So the answer is likely 1.

Breaking down the puzzle

The puzzle asks how many older sisters Xiaomei has. Since Xiaohong is the oldest and has 3 younger sisters, Xiaomei can only have one older sister: Xiaohong. The order of the younger sisters isn't specified, but the common trick in such puzzles is that the first-mentioned sister (Xiaohong) is assumed to be the oldest. Therefore, the answer is 1, because Xiaomei, as one of the younger sisters, will always have Xiaohong as her only older sister.

Parsing the puzzle

The puzzle asks how many older sisters Xiaomei has. Given that Xiaohong is the oldest and has 3 younger sisters, the default assumption in puzzles like this is that Xiaomei is one of the younger sisters, and the answer is 1. This is because Xiaohong is the only older sister.

If there were clearer ordering among the younger sisters, the answer could vary, but the trick in this puzzle is to assume that Xiaomei is the second or third younger sister. Hence, the most likely answer is 1.

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