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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

8 days
7 days
5 days
4 days
Explanation:

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.
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