Troops - soldiers

Food stocks will last 20 soldiers of the 4-day training. How many days they could extend training if four soldiers become sick?

Result

d =  1 d

Solution:

$d=\dfrac{ 20 \cdot \ 4 }{ 20-4 } -4=1 \ \text{d}$

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