A farmer has enough food to feed 20 animals in his cattle for 6 days. How long would the food last if there were 10 more animals in his cattle?

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asked Dec 27, 2017 in Mathematics by Golu (37,045 points) 19 144 412

A farmer has enough food to feed 20 animals in his cattle for 6 days. How long would the food last if there were 10 more animals in his cattle?

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answered Dec 27, 2017 by Ankit Agarwal (28,847 points) 7 31 67
selected Dec 27, 2017 by Golu
 
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Let the number of days be x.
Total number of animals = 20 + 10 =30

Here, the number of animals and the number of days are in inverse proportion. 

Hence, the food will last for four days

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