A contractor undertook to do a piece of work in 6 days. He employed certain number of laboures but 7 of them were absent from the very first day and the rest could finish the work in only 10 days. Find the number of men originally employed ?  Choose the correct choice from the following answers
A) 17.2 B) 16.5 C) 17.5 D) 17.9 E) 17.3
Let the number of men originally employed be x.   6x = 10(x â€“ 7)   or x = 17.5   Answer 17.5
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A contractor undertook to do a piece of work in 6 days. He employed certain number of laboures but 7 of them were absent from the very first day and the rest could finish the work in only 10 days. Find the number of men originally employed ?