In a Police camp there is provision of food for 125 police men for 36 days. After 16 days 25 police men were shifted to another place . How long the remaining food would last for the remaining policemen ?

1 Answer
Apr 3, 2015

The answer is: 25 days.

Lets say each policemen eats k amount of food in a day.

So the total amount of food is:

125*36*k = 4500k units of food

In 16 days, 125 policemen will consume

125*16*k=2000k units of food.

So there are 4500k-2000k=2500k units of food left.

Since 25 policemen left the camp now there are 100 policemen.

Lets say the food will last for d days.

Still a policeman eats k amount of food in a day so:

100*k*d = 2500k
d=25

The remaining food would last for 25 days.