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skyde | 1 year ago
Here is the updated program:
```prolog % Facts siblings(alice, 13, 31). % Alice has 13 brothers and 31 sisters
% Rules % Alice's brothers have M + 1 sisters, since Alice is also their sister. sisters_of_brother(TotalSisters) :- siblings(alice, _, M), TotalSisters is M + 1.
% Initialization goal :- initialization(main).
% Predicate to find and print the total number of sisters Alice's brothers have main :- sisters_of_brother(TotalSisters), writeln(TotalSisters). ```
In this program, the fact `siblings(alice, 13, 31)` represents that Alice has 13 brothers and 31 sisters. The rule `sisters_of_brother(TotalSisters)` calculates the total number of sisters that Alice's brothers have by adding 1 to the number of sisters Alice has (since Alice is also their sister).
When we run this program, it will print the total number of sisters Alice's brothers have:
1. Alice has 31 sisters. 2. Each of Alice's brothers will also consider Alice as a sister. 3. Therefore, each brother has 31 + 1 = 32 sisters.
The output of the program will be:
``` 32 ```
Thus, Alice's brothers have 32 sisters.
defrost|1 year ago
Assuming Alice indeed has that many brothers and sisters (possible) it's highly unlikely they all have the same pair of unique parents.
The Set {} of siblings that share at least one parent with Alice (the siblings of Alice) can easily include one brother of Alice (same father, different mother) who doesn't share a common parent with any other sibling of Alice.