A contractor undertook to do a piece of work in 8 days. He employed certain number of laboures but 3 of them were absent from the very first day and the rest could finish the work in only 14 days. Find the number of men originally employed ?
Choose the correct choice from the following choices.
A) 6
B) 7.5
C) 5
D) 6
E) 7
Let the number of men originally employed be x.   8x = 14(x â€“ 3)   or x = 7   Answer 7
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A contractor undertook to do a piece of work in 8 days. He employed certain number of laboures but 3 of them were absent from the very first day and the rest could finish the work in only 14 days. Find the number of men originally employed ?