Please solve the problem solving below: 1. A farmer visits his barnyard to find that the cows and the roosters are socializing. He counts a total of 88 legs in the barnyard.   (i) Find a general formula that gives all possible sets of cows and roosters that the farmer could

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Please solve the problem solving below:

1. A farmer visits his barnyard to find that the cows and the roosters are socializing. He counts a total of 88 legs in the barnyard.

 

(i) Find a general formula that gives all possible sets of cows and roosters that the farmer could have seen.

 

(ii) Realizing that he cannot determine the exact number of cows and roosters the farmer also counts 32 heads in the barnyard. How manycows and roosters are in the barnyard?

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