SOLUTION: A research group of scientists, consisting of 10 men, in antarctica, has food to last them 6.5 months more, when 2 men from another base join them. How long will the food last now?

Question 750396: A research group of scientists, consisting of 10 men, in antarctica, has food to last them 6.5 months more, when 2 men from another base join them. How long will the food last now?
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A research group of scientists, consisting of 10 men, in Antarctica,
has food to last them 6.5 months more, when 2 men from another base join them.
How long will the food last now?
:
Right now they have 10*6.5 = 65 man-months of food
:
Add two men
= 5.4 months of food left with 12 men eating

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