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In a shop, shirts are usually sold at 40% above the cost price. During a sale, the shopkeeper offers a discount of 10% off the usual selling price. If he manages to sell 72 shirts for ₹ 13,608, then his cost price per shirt, (in ₹) is
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- 210
- 150
- 149
- 125
Correct Option: B
Let the CP of each shirt be
₹ 100, then SP = ₹ 140.
∴ New SP = | = ₹ 126 | |
100 |
∴ When S.P. is ₹ 126
C.P. = ₹ 100
∴ When S.P. is ₹ | , | |
72 |
then C.P. = | × | = ₹ 150 | ||
126 | 72 |