Problem 57710. The rabbit problem

Created by Aadhithya T V

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Suppose a newly-born pair of rabbits, one male, one female, are put in a field. Rabbits are able to mate at the age of one month so that at the end of its second month a female can produce another pair of rabbits. Suppose that our rabbits never die and that the female always produces one new pair (one male, one female) every month from the second month on. 
How many pairs will there be in x months?

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Dyuman Joshi on 17 Feb 2023

Problem needs more test cases.

Juni on 5 Mar 2023

you did not specify whether the pairs mate again immediately after a female gives birth, or if the pairs ever mate again.

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