Question

of the total number of soldiers in our army 4/9 are posted on the northern border and one-third of them on the north-eastern border. if the number of soldiers in the north is 540000,how many are posted in the north-east?

Answer 1

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Let 'x' be the total number of soldiers,

Then,

$4x/9 = 540000$

$4x = 4860000$

$x = 4860000/4$

$x = 1215000$

Now north-eastern border,

$= 1/3x$

$= 1/3 * 1215000$

$= 405000$