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 is_____

• if a labour worked for 25 days he should get 50 Rs.
  but in this he is getting 13 Rs less. if he don't go for work for 1 day he will loose 2.5 Rs then
  no of days(Absent)=13/2.5=5.2. Means he was absent for 5 days
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(33) No(2)
• if a labour worked for 25 days he should get 50 Rs.
  but he is getting 12.5 Rs less.
  if he doesn't work for 1 day he will loose Rs 2.5 Rs .
  so
  no of days(Absent)=12.5/2.5=5
  
  so 5 days absent.
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(23) No(0)
• Let the no.of days he was absent be x
  then
  (25-x)*2-x*0.5=37.5
  on Solving x=5
  So he was absent for 5 days
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(9) No(2)
• 5 days
  Let us assume that number of days he is absent as x.
  Money earned for working (25-x)days = Rs.(25-x)2
  Money fined for his absence = Rs.(0.5 * x)
  Now we can easily solve this problem by following equation
  ((25-x)*2)-(0.5*x)=37.5
  we get x=5
  So he was absent for 5 days.
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(5) No(1)
• Let no of days he is present and absent be x and y respectively
  
  Now x+y=25
  
  Also since he gets paid 37.50
  
  2x-0.5y=37.50
  
  Solving for y we get y=5
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(0)