Question

An army camp of 600 soldiers has enough food to last 35 days. When more soldiers joined the camp, the food finished in 10 days. How many soldiers were there in all?​

Answer 1

This is a problem on inverse proportion.

For 600 men,. Food lost for 25 days

Then , for 300 men, food lost for

Here as no. Of men decreases, food available will be for more days

600. 25

300. ?

(25×600)/300=50 days.

Hence the food lost for 50 days, if there are 300men in the army camp.

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