A man was engaged on a job for 30 days on the condition that he would get a wage of Rs. 10 for the day he works, but he have to pay a fine of Rs. 2 for each day of his absence. If he gets Rs. 216 at the end, he was absent for work for ... days.
Choose one:
A) 7 days  B) 5 days  C) 3 days  D) 4 days  E) 8 days
The equation portraying the given problem is:   10 * x – 2 * (30 – x) = 216 where x is the number of working days.   Solving this we get x = 23   Number of days he was absent was 7 (30-23) days.   7 daysnswer:7 days
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A man was engaged on a job for 30 days on the condition that he would get a wage of Rs. 10 for the day he works, but he have to pay a fine of Rs. 2 for each day of his absence. If he gets Rs. 216 at the end, he was absent for work for ... days.