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1200 men can finish a stock of food in 35 days. How many more men should join them so that the same stock may last for 25 days?

Let the number of men joined is














Men



1200





Time (days)



35



25





Therefore the number of extra men required to finish the stock = 1680 – 1200 = 480 Men


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