A man persuaded John, with some difficulty, to try to work on a job for thirty days at 80 dollars a day, on the condition that he would forfeit 100 dollars a day for every day that he idled. At the end of the month neither owed the other anything, which entirely convinced John of the folly of labor. Can you tell just how many days' work he put in and on how many days he idled?
John must have worked 16 and 2/3 days and idled l3 and 1/3 days. Thus the
former time, at $80.00 a day, amounts to exactly the same as the latter at $100.00
a day.
John must have worked 16 and 2/3 days and idled l3 and 1/3 days. Thus the
former time, at $80.00 a day, amounts to exactly the same as the latter at $100.00
a day.
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