Answer:
128000 cockroaches
Explanation:
If the a cockroach produces 80 offspring and 40 are female in the first generation.
The second generation will therefore be:
2nd generation = 40 x 80
= 3200 cockroaches
considering that half of the population are female, half of 3200 is 1600
3rd generation = 1600 x 80
= 128000 cockroaches
Hence, the total number of cockroaches in the 3rd generation is 128,000