A boy bought a shirt with 10% discount on the labelled price. He sold the shirt for Rs. 1440 with 20% profit on the labelled price. At what price did he buy the shirt?

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  1. Rs. 1200
  2. Rs. 1000
  3. Rs. 900
  4. Rs. 1080

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Option 4 : Rs. 1080
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Given:

A boy bought a shirt with 10% discount on the labelled price. He sold the shirt for ₹1440 with 20% profit on the labelled price.

Formula used:

Selling Price (SP) = Labelled Price (LP) × (1 + Profit %/100)

Cost Price (CP) = Labelled Price (LP) × (1 - Discount %/100)

Calculation:

Let the Labelled Price (LP) be ₹x.

Given SP = ₹1440 and Profit % = 20%

1440 = x × (1 + 20/100)

⇒ 1440 = x × 1.2

⇒ x = 1200

Labelled Price (LP) = ₹1200

CP = 1200 × (1 - 10/100)

⇒ CP = 1200 × 0.9 = 1080

∴ The correct answer is option (4).

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