Question

The daily consumption of rice with 240 students is 12 kg . Find the consumption of rice if students are reduced to 170.

Answer 1

$\frac{170 \times 12}{240}$
cross multiplication to get the answer.

Answer 2

consumption of rice for one student=12000/240
=50 grams
consumption by 170 students=50*170=8500 grams or 8.5 kg
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