In an army camp there were enough food provisions for 1200 soldiers for 28 days. After 4 days, some men were moved to another camp and now the food provisions lasted 32 days. How many men were moved to another camp?
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Solution
Given that 1200 soldiers in a fort had enough food for 28 days Let the number of soldiers transferred to another fort be x After 4 days, number of soldiers = (1200 – x) Given that food lasted for 32 more days. Hence 1200 × 24 = (1200 – x) × 32 ⇒ (1200 – x) = 900 ⇒ x = 1200 – 900 = 300 Thus 300 soldiers were transferred to another fort.