chicks_n_rabs.py

"""
Author Anurag Kumar(mailto:anuragkumarak95@gmail.com)

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(num_heads, num_legs):
    ns = 'No solutions!'
    for i in range(num_heads + 1):
        j = num_heads - i
        if 2 * i + 4 * j == num_legs:
            return i, j
    return ns, ns


if __name__ == "__main__":
    numheads = 35
    numlegs = 94

    solutions = solve(numheads, numlegs)
    print(solutions)