SOLUTION: There are 1500 men in a house and the ration is 24 days old. Five days later some people come and the ration survives for 12 days, then tell how many men had come.

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Question 1088933: There are 1500 men in a house and the ration is 24 days old. Five days later some people come and the ration survives for 12 days, then tell how many men had come.
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There are 1500 men in a house and their ration is for 24 days.
1500 * 24 = 36000 man-days of ration available
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Five days later some people come and the ration survives for 12 days, then tell how many men had come.
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let m = no. of additional men after 5 days
(5*1500) + 12(1500+m) = 36000
7500 + 18000 + 12m = 36000
25500 + 12m = 36000
12m = 36000 - 25500
12m = 10500
m = 10500/12
m = 875 more men came

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