A garrison of 750 men has provision for 20 weeks . If at end of 4 weeks , they were reinforced by 450 men , how long will the remaining provision last ? Answer : 10 weeks , but how to solve this question . Hi , Could you please help me solving below question.

1) 10 weeks
2) 11 weeks
3) 15 weeks
4) 16 weeks

• A garrison of 750 men has provision for 20 weeks . If at end of 4 weeks , they were reinforced by 450 men ,
  Now
  garrison of 750 men has provision for 16 weeks . they were reinforced by 450 men ,totalling 1200 persons now,
  the provision will last for 750*16/1200= 10 weeks
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