Question

A man is engaged as a typist for 30 days on the condition that he receives Rs 175 for each day he works and has to pay Rs 50 for each day he remains absent. If he receives Rs 4125 in all, for how many days does he remain absent? (Please answer it fast, its really urgent!)

Answer 1

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 = 23Number of days he was absent was 7 (30-23) days..