Question 74

A labourer was engaged for 25 days on the condition that for every day, he works, he will be paid Rs. 2 and for every day, he is absent he will be fined 50p. If he receives only Rs. 37.50, find the no. of days he was absent-

Solution

Let the employee be absent for x days.

He is present for 25 - x days.

His salary is (25 - x)*2 - .5x = 50 - 2.5x

But 50 - 2.5x = 37.5

So, x = 5

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