Question

1600 soldiers in a fort had enough food for 32 days. After 4 days, some soldiers left the fort thus the food listed for 40 more days. How many soldiers and left in the fort???

Answer 1

Answer.

Given that 1200 soldiers in a fort had enough food for 28 days

Let the number of soldiers transferred to another fort be x

After 4 days, number of soldiers = (1200 – x)

Given that food lasted for 32 more days.

Hence 1200 × 24 = (1200 – x) × 32

⇒ (1200 – x) = 900

⇒ x = 1200 – 900 = 300

Thus 300 soldiers were transferred to another fort.