document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=774617>Question 774617</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  A fort has provisions for 80 days. If after 15 days 500 men strengthen them and the food lasts 40 days thereafter, how many men were there in the fort?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If after 15 days 500 men strengthen them and the food lasts 40 days thereafter,<BR>\n" );
document.write( " how many men were there in the fort?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let m = no. of men originally at the fort<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "80m = original number of man/food days<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "80m - 15m = 65m food days remaining after 15 days<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "40(m+500) = 65m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40m + 20000 = 65m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20000 = 65m - 40m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20000 = 25m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 20000/25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 800 men originally at the fort<BR>\n" );
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