CAT 2021 Profit & Loss Question (Medium)

Question

A shop owner bought a total of 64 shirts from a wholesale market that came in two sizes, small and large. The price of a small shirt was INR 50 less than that of a large shirt. She paid a total of INR 5000 for the large shirts, and a total of INR 1800 for the small shirts. Then, the price of a large

Accepted Answer

Step 1 Let price of large shirt , small shirt From question Total for large shirts Number of large shirts Total for small shirts Number of small shirts Total shirts 64 So Step 2 Try values of that satisfy this Try , Total 67.4 too high Try , Total 64 So, large shirt , small shirt Final Answer

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