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  1. 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
    1. 210
    2. 150
    3. 149
    4. 125
Correct Option: B

Let the CP of each shirt be
₹ 100, then SP = ₹ 140.

∴  New SP =
140 × 90
= ₹ 126
100

∴  When S.P. is ₹ 126
C.P. = ₹ 100
∴  When S.P. is ₹
13680
,
72

then C.P. =
100
×
13680
= ₹ 150
12672



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