A contractor undertook to do a piece of work in 9 days. He employed certain number of laboures but 6 of them were absent from the very first day and the rest could finish the work in only 15 days. Find the number of men originally employed .
Choose the most appropriate option.
A) 15 B) 6 C) 13 D) 9 E) None of these
Let the number of men originally employed be x.   9x = 15(x – 6)   or x = 15   15nswer 15
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A contractor undertook to do a piece of work in 9 days. He employed certain number of laboures but 6 of them were absent from the very first day and the rest could finish the work in only 15 days. Find the number of men originally employed .