A new assigned engineer failing to complete his first building contract worth $70,000 in a specified time is compelled to pay a penalty of 2 of 1% per day for the first 6 days of extra time required and for each additional day thereafter, the stipulated penalty is increased by 10% or $35/day. If he pays a total penalty of $6,160, by how many days did he overrun his contract time? The profit on a product selling for $8.20 is 10% of the selling price. WHAŤ PERCENTAGE INCREASE in production cost will reduce the profit by 60%.

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A new assigned engineer failing to complete
his first building contract worth $70,000 in a
specified time is compelled to pay a penalty
of 2 of 1% per day for the first 6 days of extra
time required and for each additional day
thereafter, the stipulated penalty is increased
by 10% or $35/day. If he pays a total penalty
of $6,160, by how many days did he overrun
his contract time? The profit on a product
selling for $8.2O is 10% of the selling price.
WHAŤ PERCENTAGE INCREASE in production
cost will reduce the profit by 60%.
Transcribed Image Text:A new assigned engineer failing to complete his first building contract worth $70,000 in a specified time is compelled to pay a penalty of 2 of 1% per day for the first 6 days of extra time required and for each additional day thereafter, the stipulated penalty is increased by 10% or $35/day. If he pays a total penalty of $6,160, by how many days did he overrun his contract time? The profit on a product selling for $8.2O is 10% of the selling price. WHAŤ PERCENTAGE INCREASE in production cost will reduce the profit by 60%.
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