XAT 2017 — QA & DI Question 3
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A shop, which sold same marked price shirts, announced an offer - if one buys three shirts then the fourth shirt is sold at a discounted price of â¹ 100 only. Patel took the offer. He left the shop with 20 shirts after paying â¹ 20,000. What is the marked price of a shirt?
Answer & solution
- A
Rs. 1260
Rs. 1300
- C
Rs. 1350
- D
Rs. 1400
- E
Rs. 1500
Solution
Let the marked price of a shirt = M
∴ If a customer buys 3 shirts then the fourth shirt would be given at a discounted price of 100 rupees.
⇒ Total cost of 4 shirts = 3M + 100
Customer bought a total of 20 shirts, hence he bought 15 shirts and marked price and got 5 shirts at the discounted price.
∴ Total amount paid by the customer = 15M + 500
⇒ 15M + 500 = 20,000
⇒ M = 1300
Hence, option (b).