SOLUTION: A bag of rice can feed 24 men for 15 days. How many days will the same bag feed 20 men if they feed twice the previous rate?
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Put your attention on the rate of men consuming rice. The amount to accomplish is ONE BAG OF RICE. The first sentence can give you , according to RT=J relating rate, time, amount of what work to be done. Here, 1 is for ONE BAG OF RICE to be consumed.
...can you work with that and figure out how the handle the rest?