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    in a hostel 500 students have food for 50 days. after 10 days 300 more students joined the hostels. how many days will the remaining food last.

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    Bob/PKB

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    Let's say the 50 days of meals included 3 meals per day. So 500 people eating 3 meals per day would be 500 x 3 = 1500 meals per day.  1500 x 50 = 75,000 meals


    At the end of 10 days, 1500 x 10 = 15,000 meals would be gone.  Adding 300 more mouths to feed would add another 300 x 3 = 900 more meals per day. 


    1500 + 900 = 2400 meals per day.  How many meals did we have left when these folks showed up?


    75,000 - 15,000, so we have 60,000 meals left.  60,000 / 2400 = 25.


    SO, if I figured this correctly, there would be 25 days left for each of the 800 people to have 3 meals per day.

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    K

    Did the new arrivals bring their own food? Also, if the students see that they're running out of food, they might ration it so the food lasts longer.



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