document.write( "Question 1088933: There are 1500 men in a house and the ration is 24 days old. Five days later some people come and the ration survives for 12 days, then tell how many men had come. \n" ); document.write( "

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There are 1500 men in a house and their ration is for 24 days.
\n" ); document.write( "1500 * 24 = 36000 man-days of ration available
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\n" ); document.write( " Five days later some people come and the ration survives for 12 days, then tell how many men had come.
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\n" ); document.write( "let m = no. of additional men after 5 days
\n" ); document.write( "(5*1500) + 12(1500+m) = 36000
\n" ); document.write( "7500 + 18000 + 12m = 36000
\n" ); document.write( "25500 + 12m = 36000
\n" ); document.write( "12m = 36000 - 25500
\n" ); document.write( "12m = 10500
\n" ); document.write( "m = 10500/12
\n" ); document.write( "m = 875 more men came \n" ); document.write( "

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