Some staff promised to do a job in $18 \, days,$ but $6$ of them went on leave. So,the remaining men took $20 \, days$ to complete the job. How many men were there originally?

  • A
    $55$
  • B
    $62$
  • C
    $56$
  • D
    $60$

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