CAT 2023 Slot 2 QA Question 14: Jayant bought a certain number of white shirts at the rate of Rs 1000 per piece and a certain number of blue shirts at the rate of Rs 1125 per piece. For each shirt, he then set a fixed market price w

Question

Jayant bought a certain number of white shirts at the rate of Rs 1000 per piece and a certain number of blue shirts at the rate of Rs 1125 per piece. For each shirt, he then set a fixed market price w

Accepted Answer

Let the number of white shirts be $w$ and blue shirts be $b$.

$	ext{Total cost} = 1000w + 1125b$

The fixed marked price per shirt is 25% higher than the average cost. After a 10% discount, the total selling price becomes:
$	ext{Total SP} = 0.9 	imes 1.25 	imes (1000w + 1125b)$
$	ext{Total SP}