A fort is provisioned for 42 days;after 10 days, a reinforcement of 200 men arrives and the food will now last only for 24 days.how many men were there in the fort?
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Step-by-step explanation:
42x=10x+(x+200)24
42x-10x=24x+200×24
32x-24x=4800
8x=4800
x=4800/8
x=600
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