1200 soldiers in a fort had enough food for 28 days After 4 days some soldiers were transferred to a...

Question

1200 soldiers in a fort had enough food for 28 days After 4 days some soldiers were transferred to another fort and thus the food lasted now for 32 more days How many soldiers left the fort

Accepted Answer

Total soldiers 1200 Let us consider the number of soldiers transferred to another fort be x soldiers After four days number of soldiers left the fort 1200 x And for remaining soldiers 1200 x the food lasted for 32 more days We know k xy 24 1200 32 1200x 28800 38400 32x 32x 38400 28800 32x 9600 x 960032 300 300 soldiers left for another fort

RD Sharma Solutions Class 8 Mathematics Solutions for Direct and Inverse Variations Exercise 10.2 in Chapter 10 - Direct and Inverse Variations