An employer pays Rs 20 for each day a worker works , and deducts Rs3 for each day he is idle. At the end of 60 days , a worker gets Rs 280. For how many days did the worker remain idle?

Let the worker works for x days and remains idle for y days

Then

20x-3y=280

x+y=60

Solving them, we get

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