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Anbu Mathika

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· 1 Months ago

Please provide proper solution

Question:

Selling price of a shirt and a coat is Rs.4000. The cost price of the shirt is 58.33% of the cost price of the coat and the amount of profit on both, the shirt and the coat, is same, then the price of the shirt could be:

Options:
A) Rs.2100 
B) Rs.2525  
C) Rs.2499
D) Rs.1120
Solution:
Ans: (d)


Alternate method

 The cost price of shirt will be less than the cost price of coat. Hence, on going through options, we can conclude that option (d), i.e., Rs 1120 is the correct option.


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· 1 Months ago

Dear student,
Given answer is correct
If the option D then we are find the correct answer
suppose CP of shirt = 1120
then CP of coat x 58.33% = 1120
CP of coat = 1920
CP of shirt and coat = 1120+1920 = 3040
so, 4000>3040
Other option is not satisfy to this condition

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