document.write( "Question 923526: if 45 students have a stock of food for 2 months, then how many days the same food will last if 18 students leave ??? ..... answer \n" ); document.write( "
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Uniform Rates type situation, food consumption, but you do not know how much food in any given unit. Just call this 1 lot of food.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let r be the consumption rate for 1 student in LOT per MONTHS.
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve for t; and make what conversion you want.
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