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.	Options
A) 7 days B) 5 days C) 3 days D) 4 days E) 8 days

Rationale: 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 . answer : a
Answer: A