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In a famous Indian mathematical puzzle, a farmer has 17 goats and 12 sheep. If each goat has 4 legs and each sheep has 2 legs, how many legs are there in total?
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128
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To calculate the total number of legs, we multiply the number of goats by the number of legs per goat and add it to the product of the number of sheep and the number of legs per sheep. Therefore, (17 goats * 4 legs/goat) + (12 sheep * 2 legs/sheep) = 68 + 24 = 128 legs.