From cf8a21bfd37f157e2ec075799c2c548628623102 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anurag Kumar Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 13:41:03 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] added Chickens and Rabbits(Ancient Chinese Puzzle) Question. --- chicks_n_rabs.py | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 chicks_n_rabs.py diff --git a/chicks_n_rabs.py b/chicks_n_rabs.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1b4dabb9cce --- /dev/null +++ b/chicks_n_rabs.py @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +'''Author Anurag Kumar(mailto:[email protected]) + +Module to solve a classic ancient Chinese puzzle: +We count 35 heads and 94 legs among the chickens and rabbits in a farm. +How many rabbits and how many chickens do we have? + + +''' +def solve(numheads,numlegs): + ns='No solutions!' + for i in range(numheads+1): + j=numheads-i + if 2*i+4*j==numlegs: + return i,j + return ns,ns + +if __name__=="__main__": + numheads=35 + numlegs=94 + + solutions=solve(numheads,numlegs) + print(solutions)