The Clever Lady

Leena, a clever lady lived in a house along with his 2 children. One day, a lady beggar went to Leena's house. Leena, the clever lady asked the beggar how much she get a day. "10 rupees" the lady beggar replied.

Leena felt sorry and gave her a job with a salary of 16 rupees/day along with free food. Along with that, she put forward a condition too... The condition was that, If the beggar is in leave, she has to give 20 rupees/day to Leena.

Beggar accepted the condition and joined for work. After 36 days Leena checked the attendance register for payment, but there was no amount payable. If so, how many days she went for job in that 36 days?

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58 comments:

  1. Unknown8 April 2013 at 12:23

    20 days

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  2. imamuddin8 April 2013 at 23:16

    20

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  3. Razeem rules..9 April 2013 at 01:15

    20

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  4. Unknown9 April 2013 at 22:58

    Answer:20
    she work for 20 days so amount is ( 16*20 = 320 )
    and took leave for 16 days ( 20*16 = 320)
    total amt 320 - 320 = 0

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  5. Peace of mind12 April 2013 at 08:29

    20 days

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  6. Unknown12 April 2013 at 09:01

    20

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  7. Unknown12 April 2013 at 17:04

    let no. of days she worked is 'x'
    then,16(x)-20(36-x)=0
    on solving x=20

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  8. Unknown12 April 2013 at 22:45

    20 days = 20*16=320
    16 days = 16*20=320

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  9. Tanesh Kumar14 April 2013 at 00:33

    Begger worked 20 days...

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  10. Unknown18 April 2013 at 02:32

    She Worked for 20 days, 16 days on Leave

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  11. reetika18 April 2013 at 04:47

    20 days

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  12. Anonymous19 April 2013 at 01:35

    she had 20 days of work

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  13. Unknown21 April 2013 at 03:31

    She worked 20 days and was away for 16 days.

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  14. RENEENAY21 April 2013 at 06:50

    2O Days

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  15. Unknown21 April 2013 at 21:15

    Musthaq
    She worked 20 days as per condition, 20*16 = 320
    16*20 = 320, no amount payable...

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  16. Unknown22 April 2013 at 10:38

    its 20 days 16X-20(36-X)=0 =>X=20 Days.

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  17. Unknown22 April 2013 at 21:00

    20

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  18. Firdyan Bocah Bagus23 April 2013 at 03:22

    u all clever... its 20 days.

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  19. Anonymous23 April 2013 at 06:23

    she worked 7 and half days

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  20. Unknown23 April 2013 at 09:58

    20

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  21. vinu23 April 2013 at 10:18

    20 days

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  22. Unknown23 April 2013 at 19:21

    20 days

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  23. Unknown23 April 2013 at 21:44

    lol the fact that I actually figured this out and seen the comments agree with me is a great feeling. :P She worked 20 days (and if though it wasn't part of the question) she missed 16 days.

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    1. Unknown23 April 2013 at 21:45

      Oops! I meant even though, not if though lol.

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  24. Unknown23 April 2013 at 21:45

    lol the fact that I actually figured this out and seen the comments agree with me is a great feeling. :P She worked 20 days (and if though it wasn't part of the question) she missed 16 days.

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  25. Unknown23 April 2013 at 22:27

    She worked for 20 days and she did not go to work for 16 days

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  26. Reve24 April 2013 at 02:47

    Love the first sentence - Leena, a clever LADY lived in a house along with HIS 2 children.

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    1. Blanca Hudson25 April 2013 at 15:04

      My thought exactly. When I see mistakes like that I quit reading..

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    3. powermomma201328 April 2013 at 12:57

      There are so many grammatical errors in this question that it's hard to even understand what is being asked!

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  27. Ana24 April 2013 at 05:42

    20

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  28. Emily @ UPS24 April 2013 at 08:25

    I agree with everyone else she worked 20 days

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  29. Unknown24 April 2013 at 08:44

    That would be correct
    20 days

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  30. Unknown24 April 2013 at 08:45

    That would be correct
    20 days

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  31. Unknown24 April 2013 at 08:45

    That would be correct
    20 days

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  32. efolms24 April 2013 at 11:03

    20 days *16 =320 - 16 days*20 =320 = 0

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  33. Unknown24 April 2013 at 13:46

    20

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  34. Shloimeh24 April 2013 at 17:20

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  35. Shloimeh24 April 2013 at 17:31

    0=16*x - 20*(36-x)
    0=16*x - 720 + 20*x
    720=36x
    20=x
    verify:
    16*20-20*16=0

    Answer is that she worked for 20 days.

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  36. OneCloudyDayAL24 April 2013 at 18:58

    This is 8th grade math. X is the number of days worked. 36 - X is the number of days of leave taken. So, 16(X) = 20 (36-X). This yields 36X=720, this X=20 days worked and (36 - x)= 16 days leave taken.

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  37. OneCloudyDayAL24 April 2013 at 18:59

    This is 8th grade math. X is the number of days worked. 36 - X is the number of days of leave taken. So, 16(X) = 20 (36-X). This yields 36X=720, this X=20 days worked and (36 - x)= 16 days leave taken.

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  38. OneCloudyDayAL24 April 2013 at 19:00

    This is 8th grade math. X is the number of days worked. 36 - X is the number of days of leave taken. So, 16(X) = 20 (36-X). This yields 36X=720, this X=20 days worked and (36 - x)= 16 days leave taken.

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  39. OneCloudyDayAL24 April 2013 at 19:00

    This is 8th grade math. X is the number of days worked. 36 - X is the number of days of leave taken. So, 16(X) = 20 (36-X). This yields 36X=720, this X=20 days worked and (36 - x)= 16 days leave taken.

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  40. Unknown24 April 2013 at 20:12

    "Leena, a clever lady... lived with his children." Does anyone on this website have English as their first language?

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  41. Unknown24 April 2013 at 22:34

    20 working days

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  42. MASTRAM196424 April 2013 at 23:17

    20 days

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  43. MASTRAM196424 April 2013 at 23:17

    20 DAYS

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  44. Unknown26 April 2013 at 02:28

    20 :)

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  45. Unknown27 April 2013 at 06:43

    20

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  47. Unknown27 April 2013 at 20:14

    Earn = Pr(Dp)-Ar(36days-Dp)
    0 = [16(DP)]-[20(36-Dp)]
    0 = 16Dp-720-20Dp
    0 = 36Dp-720
    720 = 36Dp
    Dp = 720/36 = 20days duty; 14days leave

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  48. Unknown28 April 2013 at 10:41

    there is no way to answer this correctly because the person who wrote this brain teaser doesn't know how to speak proper english and doesn't know if leena is a man or a woman!!

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  49. Unknown28 April 2013 at 22:28

    20

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  50. Unknown29 April 2013 at 09:23

    24 days went on duty.,and 12 days leave..that is 24 days =Rs.240(24*10)and 12 days =Rs. 240(12*20)...acording to the condition Rs.240-Rs.240=0

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  51. Unknown30 April 2013 at 04:04

    20

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  52. Kranti Sanglam2 May 2013 at 12:27

    16X=20(36-X)
    X=20 days

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