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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. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 1500 men in a house and their ration is for 24 days.
1500 * 24 = 36000 man-days of ration available
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Five days later some people come and the ration survives for 12 days, then tell how many men had come.
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let m = no. of additional men after 5 days
(5*1500) + 12(1500+m) = 36000
7500 + 18000 + 12m = 36000
25500 + 12m = 36000
12m = 36000 - 25500
12m = 10500
m = 10500/12
m = 875 more men came
