Question

A worker was put on job for 50days on the condition that he would get rupees 50 for each day he worked and would be fined rupees5 each day he remained absent if he got rupees740in all for how many days he was absent

Answer 1

Answer:

let the days he was absent be x

then total days he was present =50-x

so his total earning =(50-x)×50

=2500-50x

his total fine =5×x=5x

so the amount he got =2500-50x-5x

=2500-55x

given his total earning=740

so 2500-45x=740

55x=1760

so x=1760/55

=32

so he was absent 32 days.