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A man purchases a shirt and a trouser for ₹756. If the cost of the trouser is 16% more than the cost of…

Let the shirt cost x rupees; the trouser then costs 16% more, that is 1.16x. Together \(x + 1.16x = 2.16x = 756\), so \(x = 350\). The trouser costs ₹406, which is why that…

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A man purchases a shirt and a trouser for ₹756. If the cost of the trouser is 16% more than the cost of the shirt, find the cost of the shirt.

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Let the shirt cost x rupees; the trouser then costs 16% more, that is 1.16x. Together x+1.16x=2.16x=756x + 1.16x = 2.16x = 756, so x=350x = 350. The trouser costs ₹406, which is why that figure appears among the choices, but it is not the price of the shirt.

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