Question

A shopkeeper bought 30 pairs of jeans and 10 T-shirts for $2170. Each of jeans cost twice as much as each T-shirt. If he had sold them more than 20% than the price he paid for them, what would the selling price of a T-shirt be?​

Answer 1

Answer: The selling price of a T-shirt would be $107.

Step-by-step explanation: The amount paid by the shopkeeper for the Tshirts would be $2170 ÷ 10 = $217

Since the jeans cost twice as much as the T-shirts, we can multiply the cost of the T-shirts by 2 to find the cost of a pair of jeans: $217 x 2 = $434.

We know that the shopkeeper sold the clothes for more than 20% more than he paid for, i.ee, 100 - 20 = 80.

To find the selling price of a T-shirt, we'll divide the cost of the T-shirts by the markup percentage as a decimal: $217 / (80/100) = $107.