Question

Of the total number of soldiers in our army, `4/9` are posted on the northern border and one-third of them on the northeastern border. If the number of soldiers in the north is 540000, how many are posted in the northeast?

Answer 1

Step 1: Understand the problem

• `4/9` of the total number of soldiers are posted on the northern border.
• One-third of the soldiers posted on the northern border are posted on the northeastern border.
• The number of soldiers in the northern border = 5,40,000.

Step 2: Calculate the soldiers in the northeastern border

One-third of the northern border soldiers are posted in the northeastern border:

Northeastern soldiers = `1/3 xx 5,40,000`

= 1,80,000