A contractor undertook to do a piece of work in 10 days. He employed certain number of laboures but 5 of them were absent from the very first day and the rest could finish the work in only 13 days. Find the number of men originally employed ?
Choose the correct choice from the following choices:
A) 21.6  B) 23.6  C) 22.6  D) 21.8  E) 21.3
Let the number of men originally employed be x.   10x = 13(x â€“ 5)   or x = 21.6   21.6nswer 21.6
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A contractor undertook to do a piece of work in 10 days. He employed certain number of laboures but 5 of them were absent from the very first day and the rest could finish the work in only 13 days. Find the number of men originally employed ?