A contractor undertook to do a piece of work in 8 days. He employed certain number of laboures but 3 of them were absent from the very first day and the rest could finish the work in only 14 days. Find the number of men originally employed ? Choose the correct choice from the following options:  A) 6  B) 7.5  C) 5  D) 6  E) 7

Rationale: "let the number of men originally employed be x . 8 x = 14 ( x â € “ 3 ) or x = 7 answer e"
Answer: E