I buy two shirts for Rs.135, and sell one so as to lose 6% and the other so as to gain 712%, and on the whole I neither gain nor lose. What did each shirt cost?
A
45,90
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B
75,60
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C
30,75
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D
90,45
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Solution
The correct option is B75,60
Let the price of the first shirt be x and the second's be y.
Then, x+y=135
Also, given that in the whole transaction, the man neither gains nor losses which means, numerical value of the loss is equal to the numerical value of profit.