Question

A port had provisions for 50 men for 50 days. After 10 days, 50 more men joined the port. Now how long will the food last at half of the rate?​

Answer 1

Answer:

30 days left is the answer and mark me as brainliest and I had calculated but increase your skills

Answer 2

Answer:

At half the rate of consumption, the food will last $40$ days.

Step-by-step explanation:

• It is mentioned that there are provisions for $50$ men for $50$ days.
• Now, if we consider that one man consumes one unit of food, then $50$ men consume $50$ units of food per day. So, for $50$ days, the men have $50*50=2500$ units of food.
• After $10$ days, the men have consumed $50*10=500$ units of food, and they have $2500-500=2000$ units of food that is to last them $40$ days.
• Since $50$ more men have joined, they would consume $100$ units of food per day.
• But since the men would be consuming at half the rate then $100/2= 50$units of food would be consumed each day.
• We can now see that the food would last $2000/50=40$ days.

The formula to calculate the number of days will be the total units of food left divided by the number of units consumed per day.