document.write( "Question 816238: If 60 men consume 120 kg of rice in 44 days, then 30 men consume 90kg of rice in how many days? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The other tutor irks me at times.  He doesn't know anything \r\n" );
document.write( "about certain areas of mathematics, so when somebody posts\r\n" );
document.write( "two problems and he can solve only one of them he deletes \r\n" );
document.write( "the one he cannot solve.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Your other problem was this:\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "When a certain integer is divided by 108 the remainder is 79.
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document.write( "Let the certain integer be N.  Then we use:\r\n" );
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document.write( "DIVIDEND = QUOTIENT×DIVISOR + REMAINDER\r\n" );
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document.write( "N = Q×108 + 79\r\n" );
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document.write( "N = 108Q + 79\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore when 108Q+79 is divided by 18,\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus the remainder will always be 7.\r\n" );
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document.write( "For the other problem, here is another way to approach it:\r\n" );
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document.write( "60 men consume 120 kg of rice in 44 days.\r\n" );
document.write( "Therefore\r\n" );
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document.write( "30 men consume 60 kg of rice in 44 days.\r\n" );
document.write( "30 men consume 30 kg of rice in 22 days.\r\n" );
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document.write( "30 men consume 90 kg of rice in 66 days.\r\n" );
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