if 48men have ration for 16 days how long will the food last , if a reinforcement of 16 men arrive
Answers
Given:
Total number of men = 48
Total days for ration = 16
To Find:
If a reinforcement of 16 men arrive, how much days will the food last
Solution:
The food that lasts for 48 men for 16 days will be -
= 48 × 16
= 768
Now because of 16 additional members, total number of men. -
= 48 + 16
= 64
Therefore, the food will last for 64 men as -
= Total food units/ Total number of men
= 768/64
= 12
Answer: If a reinforcement of 16 men arrive, the food will last for 12 days.
Question-
If 48 men have ration for 16 days how long will the food last if a reinforcement of 16 men arrived?
Answer-
For this question, we have to first understand if this is a question of direct proportion or inverse proportion.
Here, the more the men, the less time the food will last. Similarly, the less the men, the more time the food will last.
So, this is a question of inverse proportion.
48 men ∝ 1/16
Equate it
48 = 16
1 = 48 × 16
16 additional men have been added.
Then the total number of men become 64
64 = (48 × 16)/64 = 768/64 = 12 days